Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 24, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 572.
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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020
This bill modifies several provisions related to oil and gas leasing on public lands.
Among other things, the bill
- revises the competitive auction process to a competitive-sealed bidding process and eliminates non-competitive bidding;
- increases royalty and rental rates;
- requires lease sales to be held in each state no more than three times per year instead of quarterly;
- decreases lease term durations from 10 to 5 years,
- adds a number of new provisions related to protection of private surface estate owners;
- authorizes the Department of the Interior to issue master leasing plans;
- requires certain lease information be made available on public websites, including the names of all current and former lessees and operators; and
- imposes a new fee to submit an expression of interest for lands that the public is interested in leasing.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2019 to Dec 16, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 12, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 12, 2019 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 25, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jan 16, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Feb 4, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Sep 29, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 2, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 12, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Dec 16, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2019Markup Sep 30, 2020Reported Dec 24, 2020 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Jun 13, 2019Hearings Jun 20, 2019Discharged Sep 30, 2020 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2019Discharged Dec 24, 2020 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 28, 2019 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-689, Part I.
- Dec 24, 2020Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Dec 24, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 572.
- Sep 30, 2020Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
- Sep 30, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 98, June 12, 2019, page H4628.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46537 | Revenues and Disbursements from Oil and Natural Gas Leases on Onshore Federal Lands | Report | Feb 12, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments in leasing on Federal lands for oil and gas drilling, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Energy
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land use and conservation
- Legal fees and court costs
- Oil and gas
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
- User charges and fees
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported in House
- Jun 12, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
