[119th Congress Public Law 134]
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Public Law 119-134
119th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Oct. 20, 2026 -  [H.R. 7831]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: License to Drill 
Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 30 USC 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''.

    Approved October 20, 2026.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7831 (S. 5039):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 119-665 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 172 (2026):
            June 2, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate.

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