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H.R. 2053 119th Congress House

Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act

Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands A… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2025 Introduced by: Raúl M. Grijalva Democrat · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Mar 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2053: Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2053/
MLA
"H.R. 2053: Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2053/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2053, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2053/.
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[H.R. 2053: Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2053/)
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