HR 6107 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

Ending Duplicative Permitting Act

Latest action · Nov 2, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 785.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 14, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ending Duplicative Permitting Act

This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring an operator to obtain a federal drilling permit for oil and gas activities on non-federal surface estate if: (1) less than 50% of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action is federally owned, and (2) the operator submits a state permit for such activities on the non-federal surface estate.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 14, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalJun 14, 2018
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalJun 14, 2018
R-WYLiz CheneyOriginalJun 14, 2018
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalJun 14, 2018
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJun 14, 2018
R-UTRob BishopOriginalJun 14, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jun 14, 2018Markup Jun 27, 2018Reported Nov 2, 2018

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 2, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1004.
  2. Nov 2, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 785.
  3. Jun 27, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  4. Jun 27, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 13.
  5. Jun 14, 2018Introduced in House
  6. Jun 14, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Jul 24, 2018H.R. 6107, Ending Duplicative Permitting ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 27, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 Article I, Section 8, clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 99, June 14, 2018, page H5200.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To clarify that Bureau of Land Management shall not require permits for oil and gas activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate to access subsurface mineral estate that is less than 50 percent Federally owned, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Ending Duplicative Permitting Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Ending Duplicative Permitting Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 2, 2018Reported in House
  2. Jun 14, 2018Introduced in House

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