[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7831 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7831

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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:

                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7831

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.