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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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1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the "License to Drill Act".
2. 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".September 17, 2026Reported without amendment