License to Drill Act

Sponsored by Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-UT) · 3 active : 3 Republicans

Latest action: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5226-5231)

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Where it standsBefore the House

Passed both chambers, awaiting the President

House: passedJun 2, 2026
Senate: passedSep 30, 2026
President: Awaiting action

67 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

License to Drill Act

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. (Under current law, the fees are authorized through FY2026.)

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Energy and Mineral Resources · HouseDischarged from · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining · SenateHearings by (subcommittee)

Subjects

Licensing and registrations
Mining
Oil and gas

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

67Swing 70–100
224Middle 30–70
139Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 64.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1501 · Sep 2, 2026 · Roll call 654On PassageProtecting Domestic Mining Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5587 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 497On PassageHEATS Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1949 · Nov 20, 2025 · Roll call 303On PassageUnlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
S.J.Res. 80 · Nov 18, 2025 · Roll call 295On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to “National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 131 · Nov 18, 2025 · Roll call 294On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 26 · Feb 7, 2025 · Roll call 34On PassageProtecting American Energy Production Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7409 · Nov 14, 2024 · Roll call 1182On PassageHEATS Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 8446 · Nov 14, 2024 · Roll call 1180On PassageCritical Mineral Consistency Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 6285 · May 1, 2024 · Roll call 892On PassageAlaska’s Right to Produce Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.Res. 987 · Mar 21, 2024 · Roll call 814On Agreeing to the ResolutionDenouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1121 · Mar 20, 2024 · Roll call 811On PassageProtecting American Energy Production Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7176 · Feb 15, 2024 · Roll call 770On PassageUnlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act
Passed

Cosponsors

3 active

Show all 3 cosponsors

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4House Committee on Natural ResourcesEnergy and Mineral ResourcesOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 51% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
100Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Natural ResourcesEnergy and Mineral ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Committee
Broke with party on 4% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
97Swing
ContactCall
3
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 59% of 23 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
96Swing
ContactCall
4
Susie LeeDemocrat · Nevada 3rd · Lean D+1House Committee on Natural ResourcesEnergy and Mineral ResourcesOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 9% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
ContactCall
5
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 39% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
6
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 49% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
7
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 5% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
92Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
8
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 52% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
9
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 4% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website
10
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 3% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website