H.R. 7831 · 119th Congress · Energy
License to Drill Act
How each chamber voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Senate · Sep 30, 2026
Passed by unanimous consent.
House · Jun 2, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
Law 229 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-134. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
- CommitteeMay 20, 2026
- Passed HouseJun 2, 2026
- Passed SenateSep 30, 2026
- Became lawOct 20, 2026
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 3
- all Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesHouse Committee on Natural Resources
- Lobbying
- At least 5
- organizations named it2026 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill amends Section 35(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act, which governs the fee the Bureau of Land Management collects for each new application for a permit to drill for oil and gas.
The bill amends Section 35(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act, which governs the fee the Bureau of Land Management collects for each new application for a permit to drill for oil and gas. It extends that fee through 2037, a fee that under current law was set to stop being collected after 2026. It also directs that, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2037, all of the fees collected be transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 5 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 17 quarterly reports filed by 2 lobbying firms and by 5 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: American Petroleum Institute; Conocophillips; Independent Petroleum Association of America; American Exploration & Production Council; Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.