{"bill":{"id":"119-s-5039","congress":119,"type":"S","number":5039,"title":"License to Drill Act","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2026-07-21","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"L000577","fullName":"Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]","party":"R","state":"UT","district":null}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-07-29","text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably."},"policyArea":"Energy","subjects":["Licensing and registrations","Mining","Oil and gas"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-07-29","text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-21","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-07-21","text":"Introduced in Senate","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>License to Drill Act</strong></p><p>This bill extends through FY2037 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees. For each new permit application, BLM collects a fee that is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund.&nbsp;(Under current law, the fees are authorized through FY2026.)</p>","updateDate":"2026-08-04T16:27:19Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8005,"ts":"2026-08-28T07:53:40.219Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=License%20to%20Drill%20Act"}]}}