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S 1280 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Interior Energy revenues and royalties Oil and gas User charges and fees

USE IT Act

Introduced: May 11, 2015 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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May 19, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-118.
May 11, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 11, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act or the USE IT Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue regulations to establish a specified graduated annual production incentive fee with respect to federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring.

Amounts received for the fee shall be reserved for expenditures on inspection, enforcement, and permitting relating to oil and gas.

What's happening now May 19, 2015

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-118.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1280: USE IT Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1280/
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"S. 1280: USE IT Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1280/.
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S. 1280, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1280/.
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