119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 25, 2025
Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
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Latest action (Feb 25, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 25, 2025)
Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
This bill exempts certain exploration and production activities from federal oil and gas drilling permit requirements. Generally, the exemption applies to activities on land with (1) a surface estate that the federal government does not own, and (2) an underlying mineral estate only partially owned by the federal government. It does not apply to tribal lands.
Specifically, the bill bans the Department of the Interior from requiring a permit under the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) when
• the federal government does not own or lease the surface estate, and it owns less than 50% of the mineral estate;
• a well is located on nonfederal land overlying a nonfederal mineral estate, but some portion of the wellbore (i.e., drilled hole) enters and produces oil and gas from the federal mineral estate subject to the lease; or
• a well is located on nonfederal land overlying a nonfederal mineral estate, but some portion of the wellbore traverses but does not produce oil or gas from the federal mineral estate subject to the lease.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$2,770,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ns related to energy Draft bill to amend the Clean Air Act as it relates to air emissions from Outer Continental Shelf activities; provisions related to energy S. 722: Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions General Discussions Related to ENV (no specific Bill #): Bureau of Land Management Waste Prevent…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…rastructure. Issues relating to access to federal lands for oil and gas development. H.R. 1555 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions. S. 722 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions. H.R. 7831 - License to Drill Act, all provisions. H.R. 7882 - To provide for the leasing of ce…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$500,000
Spent on own lobbying
…rastructure. Issues relating to access to federal lands for oil and gas development. H.R. 1555 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions. S. 722 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions. H.R. 7831 - License to Drill Act, all provisions. H.R. 7882 - To provide for the leasing of ce…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$1,670,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ns related to energy Draft bill to amend the Clean Air Act as it relates to air emissions from Outer Continental Shelf activities; provisions related to energy S. 722: Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions General Discussions Related to ENV (no specific Bill #): Bureau of Land Management Waste Prevent…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CONOCOPHILLIPS · lobbying firm or registrant: CONOCOPHILLIPS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$750,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Applying for Commingling Allocation Approval," published in the Federal Register on Jan. 30, 2026. Support for H.R. 7831, the License to Drill Act. Support for S. 722, the Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act & H.R. 1555 (House companion legislation). General overview of ConocoPhillips' energy issue priorities.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$550,000
Spent on own lobbying
…to federal lands for oil and gas development. H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act; all provisions. H.R. 1555 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions. S. 722 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions. H.R. 7831 - License to Drill Act, all provisions. Issues relating to OBBBA implementation and…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CONOCOPHILLIPS · lobbying firm or registrant: CONOCOPHILLIPS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$1,950,000
Spent on own lobbying
…" published in the Federal Register on Jan. 30, 2026. Opposition to any bans or restrictions on U.S. oil, natural gas, or refined products exports. Support for S. 722, the Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act. Overview of ConocoPhillips' issue priorities.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$700,000
Spent on own lobbying
…to federal lands for oil and gas development. H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act; all provisions. H.R. 1555 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions. S. 722 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$500,000
Spent on own lobbying
…s to federal lands for oil and gas development. H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act; all provisions H.R. 1555 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions S. 722 - Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act; all provisions H.J.Res.105 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States…
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