YourVoice.Now Summary
Environmental ConcernsCorporate BenefitsTransparency & AccountabilityExtends BLM's drilling-permit fee through 2037 and routes all of it to speeding up permit reviews.
Environmental Concerns
- Drilling-permit fees routed to permit processing — From a portion to all, FY2027 through 2037
Corporate Benefits
- Permit fee on drilling applicants — Collection extended through 2037
Transparency & Accountability
- Mandatory re-examination of the fee — Sunset pushed from 2026 to 2037
The details
The fee the Interior Department charges for each new application to drill on federal land would keep going for another 11 years. Current law has the Bureau of Land Management collecting that fee through 2026. The bill extends collection through 2037. It also changes where the money goes. Today only part of the fees is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund, which pays to speed up drilling-permit reviews. For fiscal years 2027 through 2037, all of the fees collected would go to that fund.
Congressional Summary
License to Drill ActThis 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.)
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-07-21
- Date Added
- 2026-08-05
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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