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HR 7094 117th Congress House Energy

Energy Freedom Act

Introduced: March 15, 2022 Introduced by: Pfluger, August Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Mar 16, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 16, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 16, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Mar 15, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 15, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energy Freedom Act

This bill establishes requirements to provide for domestic energy production, including by

  • limiting delays on oil, gas, or coal development;
  • requiring a minimum number of annual sales of leases on federal lands and waters for oil and gas development;
  • requiring sales of leases of federal land for wind, solar, and geothermal development;
  • allowing the Department of the Interior to grant licenses for the exploration and mining of hardrock minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf.
What's happening now March 16, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Related & companion bills 5
  • HR 543 Related bill POWER Act
  • HR 2705 Related bill Natural Gas Export Expansion Act
  • S 76 Related bill POWER Act of 2021
  • S 1011 Related bill Natural Gas Export Expansion Act
  • S 3762 Identical bill Energy Freedom Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 6
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Mar 16, 2022
 R
Bice, Stephanie I.
Oklahoma · Mar 15, 2022
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Mar 15, 2022
Cawthorn, Madison
· Mar 15, 2022
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Mar 15, 2022
 R
Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Mar 15, 2022
 R
Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · Mar 15, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7094: Energy Freedom Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7094/
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"H.R. 7094: Energy Freedom Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7094/.
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H.R. 7094, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7094/.
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