H.R. 1555 · 119th Congress · pending

Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 16.

Latest official action 2026-09-15 · Reported

The bill, briefly

Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act This bill exempts certain oil and gas exploration and production activities from permit and environmental review requirements. This exemption applies to activities conducted on nonfederal surface estates located on partially federally-held mineral rights. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from requiring an operator to obtain a federal drilling permit under the Mineral Leasing Act for oil and gas exploration and production activities conducted on a nonfederal surface estate if (1) less than 50% of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action is federally owned, and (2) the operator submits to the BLM a state permit to conduct such activities on the nonfederal surface estate. Those activities are not considered to be a major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and thus are exempt from environmental review requirements under NEPA. Further, those activities are exempt from requirements for federal actions under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The bill does not apply to Indian lands.

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Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-25

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

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No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.

2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.

Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

Sponsor

Stephanie I. Bice

House · OK District 5 · Republican

$1,048,244PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Julie Fedorchak

House · ND · Republican

$1,031,350PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Craig A. Goldman

House · TX District 12 · Republican

$674,171PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

House · TN District 3 · Republican

$670,245PAC receipts · 2025–2026

3 of 3 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$35,000

Stephanie I. Bice · Sponsor · $10,000

Julie Fedorchak · Cosponsor · $10,000

Craig A. Goldman · Cosponsor · $10,000

The bill, briefly

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Politicians behind the bill

Stephanie I. Bice

Julie Fedorchak

Craig A. Goldman

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

What happened after enactment?