3.0.0 2394 2023-02-28T16:17:23Z 2023-02-28T16:17:23Z Senate S 2021-07-20 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-20T17:15:57Z START Act 117 4815 S 2022-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS START Act 117 8966 HR 2022-10-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS Federal Land Freedom Act 117 9535 HR 2022-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2021-07-20 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2021-07-20 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2021-07-20 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-07-20 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2021-07-20 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2021-07-20 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2021-07-20 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2021-08-09 False Energy Endangered and threatened species Energy revenues and royalties Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Mining Oil and gas State and local finance State and local government operations User charges and fees Energy 00 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-03T16:44:09Z Federal Land Freedom Act of 2021

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 certain federal land in the state.

In addition, the bill exempts state actions to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development from certain requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

]]> Federal Land Freedom Act of 2021 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 Display Title Federal Land Freedom Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Federal Land Freedom Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2394is/xml/BILLS-117s2394is.xml 2021-07-20 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.