H.R. 7831 – Reading Mode

One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the United States of America

At the Second Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six

H. R. 7831

AN ACT

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the License to Drill Act.

BLM oil and gas permit processing fee

Section 35(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(d)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1), by striking 2026 and inserting 2037;

(2)

in paragraph (3)—

(A)

by striking Of the fees collected under this subsection for a fiscal year, the and inserting The; and

(B)

by striking transfer— and all that follows through the Fund and inserting transfer, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2037, all of the fees collected under this subsection for each such fiscal year to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund; and

(3)

in paragraph (4), by striking 2026 and inserting 2037.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.