Taxpayer Fairness for Resource Development Act of 2019
Latest action · Sep 24, 2019 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayer Fairness for Resource Development Act of 2019
This bill addresses royalties related to the development of federal energy resources.
Among other things, the bill
- increases the onshore royalty rates for new oil, gas, and coal leases;
- increases onshore rental rates for oil and gas leasing;
- modifies the current onshore oil and gas minimum bid from $2 to $5 and requires it to be adjusted every four years for inflation; and
- makes revisions to the charter of the Royalty Policy Committee, including to increase to six the number of members who are representatives of academia or the public.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2019 to Dec 10, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Original | Sep 17, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jan 9, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 29, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Sep 29, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Sep 29, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 10, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 10, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Sep 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Advisory bodies
- Alaska
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Business records
- Coal
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Interior
- Energy
- Energy prices
- Energy revenues and royalties
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Gulf of Mexico
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Inflation and prices
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Mining
- Oil and gas
- Public-private cooperation
- State and local finance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2019Introduced in House
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