Requires oil and gas companies to pay drilling permit fees for 11 more years.
This bill would make oil and gas companies continue to pay a fee for new drilling permits until 2037, extending the current deadline of 2026. The money collected from these fees would go to a special fund that helps the Bureau of Land Management process permits.
Currently, oil and gas companies pay a fee for new drilling permit applications, and this requirement is set to end in 2026. A portion of these fees goes to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. If this bill becomes law, companies would continue to pay these fees until 2037. All fees collected from the government's budget years 2027 through 2037 would be transferred to the BLM fund.
HR 7831 · 119th Congress · March 5, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
Sign in to see your representatives' phone numbers