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H.R. 866: Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015

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H.R. 866: Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-11 · Energy · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015

Plain summary

Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015 This bill permits a state that has an established leasing, permitting, and regulatory program to: (1) declare to the Secretaries of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Energy that it has either established or amended the program; and (2) seek to transfer to itself, and to implement, existing federal responsibilities for leasing, permitting, and regulating oil and natural gas development. Any state action to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development shall not be subject to, or considered, a federal action, a federal permit, or a federal license with respect to specified administrative and environmental laws and is therefore exempt from them. State-issued leases or permits must provide for: (1) the collection of royalties or other revenues in an amount equal to what would have been collected if the lease or permit had been federally issued, and (2) their deposit into the same federal account in which they would have been deposited if the lease or permit had been federally issued. A state may collect and retain lease or permit application processing fees.

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Official text

Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] · 23 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Sam Graves (R-MO), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jason Smith (R-MO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr866 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114