US HB866 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-11-15 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015 This bill permits a state that has an established leasing, permitting, and regulatory program to: (1) declare to the Secretaries of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Energy that it has either established or amended the program; and (2) seek to transfer to itself, and to implement, existing federal responsibilities for leasing, permitting, and regulating oil and natural gas development. Any state action to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development shall not be subject to, or considered, a federal action, a federal permit, or a federal license with respect to specified administrative and environmental laws and is therefore exempt from them. State-issued leases or permits must provide for: (1) the collection of royalties or other revenues in an amount equal to what would have been collected if the lease or permit had been federally issued, and (2) their deposit into the same federal account in which they would have been deposited if the lease or permit had been federally issued. A state may collect and retain lease or permit application processing fees.

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Title

Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-11-15HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
2015-03-16HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2015-02-11HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-02-11HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB490 (Related) 2015-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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