License to Drill Act License to Drill Act 119–134 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20240419 2026-10-30 License to Drill Act 18517 119 2026-10-20 License to Drill Act [(Public Law 119–134)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 119–134. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [30 U.S.C. 181 note] 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”.