Signed into law
License to Drill Act
This act 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.)
- Measure
- H.R. 7831 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- October 20, 2026
- Policy changes
- 1
- Source
- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-134.
Who wrote it
All 3 cosponsors
- Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2)
- Rep. Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
- Rep. Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5)
How Congress voted
No recorded vote: this bill moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, so there is no record of how individual members voted.
Illinois’s delegation
| Member | On the record |
|---|---|
 Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) | None found |
 Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) | None found |
 Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1) | None found |
 Rep. Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2) | None found |
 Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3) | None found |
 Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4) | None found |
 Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL-5) | None found |
 Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL-6) | None found |
 Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7) | None found |
 Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8) | None found |
 Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9) | None found |
 Rep. Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10) | None found |
 Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL-11) | None found |
 Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL-12) | None found |
 Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) | None found |
 Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) | None found |
 Rep. Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15) | None found |
 Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL-16) | None found |
 Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17) | None found |
In their own words
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What it changes — and your vote
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Provision 1
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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