License to Drill Act
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 21, 2026
Introduced in Senate
Jul 21, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Plain-English 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.)
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5039: License to Drill Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/
"S. 5039: License to Drill Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/.
S. 5039, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/.
[S. 5039: License to Drill Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/)