Referred in Senate — H.R. 7831

IIB

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7831

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 3, 2026

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

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.

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.