A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Nov 17, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring a drilling permit under the Mineral Leasing Act for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2022 to Dec 14, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | May 16, 2022 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Dec 14, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 16, 2022Markup Jul 21, 2022Reported Nov 17, 2022 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 7, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-203.
- Nov 17, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554.
- Jul 21, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Jun 7, 2022Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-301.
- May 16, 2022Introduced in Senate
- May 16, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-469 | PATHWAYS TO LOWER ENERGY PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES111 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 13, 2022 |
| S. Hrg. 117-301 | PENDING LEGISLATION1,110 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 7, 2022 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2022Reported to Senate
- May 16, 2022Introduced in Senate
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.
