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S. 5039 119th Congress Senate

License to Drill Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new appli… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 21, 2026 Introduced by: Mike Lee Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
Energy Licensing and registrationsMiningOil and gas
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Sep 17, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.
Sep 17, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
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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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.

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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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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5039: License to Drill Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/
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"S. 5039: License to Drill Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/.
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S. 5039, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/.
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[S. 5039: License to Drill Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5039/)
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