S.2440: BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about public lands and natural resources
  • Introduced June 5, 2014
  • Latest Major Action Sept. 17, 2014

Bill Sponsor

Bill Summary

BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make the Federal Permit Streamlining Project program permanent. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to collect for each of FY2016-FY2026 a fee of $9,500 for each new application for a drilling permit. Allocates specified percentages of such fees to: (1) the field offices that collected the fees used to process protests,...

(Source: Library of Congress)

What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill

There are 13 statements associated with S.2440.

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sept. 17, 2014
Held at the desk.
Sept. 17, 2014
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sept. 17, 2014
Received in the House.
Sept. 16, 2014

Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5649)

Sept. 16, 2014
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5649)
Sept. 16, 2014

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

July 29, 2014
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-491.
June 5, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
June 5, 2014

Introduced in the Senate by Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

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