S 5039 119th Congress
License to Drill Act
Latest Action
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Sponsors
Summary
License to Drill Act
This bill extends through FY2037 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees. For each new permit application, BLM collects a fee that is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. (Under current law, the fees are authorized through FY2026.)
Actions
2026-07-29T00:00:00
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2026-07-21T00:00:00
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2026-07-21T00:00:00
Introduced in Senate
Policy Areas
Energy
![Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]](https://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/L/L000577.jpg)