H.R. 7831

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7831 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7831

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 3, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources

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AN ACT

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during 
which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for 
each new application for a permit to drill, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``License to Drill Act''.

SEC. 2. BLM OIL AND GAS PERMIT PROCESSING FEE.

Section 35(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(d)) is 
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2026'' and inserting 
``2037'';
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``Of the fees collected under this 
subsection for a fiscal year, the'' and inserting 
``The''; and
(B) by striking ``transfer--'' and all that follows 
through ``the Fund'' and inserting ``transfer, for each 
of fiscal years 2027 through 2037, all of the fees 
collected under this subsection for each such fiscal 
year to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund''; 
and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``2026'' and inserting 
``2037''.

Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.