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License to Drill Act
Introduced Jul 21, 2026 by Sen. Mike Lee
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Latest action · Sep 17, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.
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.
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