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.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Sep 18, 2014)
States that a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) drilling permit shall not be required under either the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 or the Code of Federal Regulations for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if: (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries.
Retains the right of the federal government to receive royalties from the production of federal minerals within the unit.
What just happenedSep 18, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateSep 18, 2014
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 18, 2014IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate