House Natural Resources Committee
Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
1324 Longworth
03/25/2026 at 10:15AM
On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:
- H.R. 1555 (Rep. Bice), “Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act”, remove requirements for a federal drilling permit if there is a state permit and the U.S. owns less than 50 percent of the extracted minerals
- H.R. 5639 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Co-Location Energy Act”, allows fast-track permitting of solar or wind energy development on the site of an existing federal energy lease
- H.R. 7831 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “License to Drill Act”, to reauthorize BLM Oil and Gas Permit Processing Fee for another ten years
- H.R. 7872 (Rep. Hageman), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that act.
- H.R. 7882 (Rep. Stauber), To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico, by exempting Carlsbad from the MLA’s prohibition relating to the leasing of federal mineral estates located beneath incorporated cities, so that drillers can frack Carlsbad