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S 180 116th Congress Senate Energy Licensing and registrations Oil and gas

A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 17, 2019 Introduced by: Hoeven, John Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Sep 16, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.
Jan 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill states that a Bureau of Land Management drilling permit shall not be required under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries. Drilling and spacing units are one component of a state regulatory framework for oil and gas exploration and production.

The bill retains the right of the federal government to receive royalties from the production of federal minerals within the drilling or spacing unit.

What's happening now September 16, 2020

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Sep 9, 2020
 R
Lee, Mike
Utah · Jan 17, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 180: A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-180/
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"S. 180: A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-180/.
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S. 180, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-180/.
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