3.0.0 335 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z Senate S 2017-02-07 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-07T22:11:12Z Federal Land Freedom Act 115 3565 HR 2017-09-06 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2017-02-07 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-02-07 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-02-07 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-02-07 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-02-07 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-02-07 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2017-02-09 False L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2017-02-09 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-09-07 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Historic sites and heritage areas Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Oil and gas State and local government operations Energy 00 2017-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-11T21:14:26Z Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017

This bill authorizes a state with an established oil and gas leasing program to take responsibility from the federal government for leasing and regulating the exploration and development of oil, gas, and other forms of energy on federal land in the state.

Any state actions to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development shall not be subject to federal action under certain laws, including the Administrative Procedure Act, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

State-issued leases or permits shall provide for the collection and deposit of federal royalties and revenues.

A state may collect and retain lease or permit application processing fees.

]]> Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017 Display Title Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control the development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s335is/xml/BILLS-115s335is.xml 2017-02-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.