The "License to Drill Act" aims to extend the BLM oil and gas permit processing fee provisions until 2037. It suggests directing all fees collected under the Mineral Leasing Act for fiscal years 2027 through 2037 to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. This bill impacts the processing of oil and gas permit applications on federal lands and aims to fund the BLM Permit Processing Improvement efforts with collected fees.
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.)