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HR 7831Passed CongressEnergyhouse
License to Drill Act
Introduced Mar 5, 2026 by Rep. Mike Kennedy
IntroducedCommitteeFloorCongressLaw
Both chambers passed it. It's headed to the President to be signed or vetoed.
Latest action · Sep 30, 2026
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5226-5231)
What it does
This bill extends through FY2037 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees. For each new permit application, BLM collects a fee that is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. (Under current law, the fees are authorized through FY2026.)
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Roll-call votes
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
History
- Sep 30, 2026Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5226-5231)
- Sep 30, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 17, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.
- Sep 17, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- Jul 29, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 15, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
- Jun 3, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jun 2, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 2, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3757)
- Jun 2, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3757)
- Jun 2, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7831.
- Jun 2, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3757-3578)
- Jun 2, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 20, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
- May 20, 2026Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-665.
- May 14, 2026Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- May 14, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 14, 2026Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
- Mar 25, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 18, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Mar 5, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Mar 5, 2026Introduced in House