1280 -- United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act | Poliscope

United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act

1280

114th Congress

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Introduced

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

May 11, 2015

Latest Action

May 19, 2015

Primary Sponsor

Edward J. MarkeyDemocratic(MA)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

78pct

8d open

vs 3,548 other S bills in the 114th — cohort avg 43d

Summary

United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act or the USE IT Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue regulations to establish a specified graduated annual production incentive fee with respect to federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring. Amounts received for the fee shall be reserved for expenditures on inspection, enforcement, and permitting relating to oil and gas.

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2015 · second_quarter · Energy/Nuclear

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Expressed views in support of S. 1407/H.R. 2663 - Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act; S. 280 - Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015; S. 414 - California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 201; S. 1213 - Free Market Energy Act of 2015; S. 1217 - Electric Transmission Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Act; S. 1243 - Grid Modernization Act; S. 1232 - Smart Grid Act; S. 1207 - Next Generation Electric Systems Act; S. 822 - Geothermal Production Expansion Act; S. 1057 - Geothermal Opportunities Act; S. 1264 - Renewable Electricity Standard Act; S. 1271 - FLARE Act; S. 1280 - USE IT Act; S. 1304 - 21st Century Workforce Act; S. 1199 - Alternative Fuel Reimbursement Act. and the National Environmental Policy Act. Offered views on hydraulic fracturing; oil & gas development on public lands; transmission issues; and royalty rates for oil and gas development on onshore land; S. 1036/H.R. 1997 - Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act ; S. 280 - Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015; mining withdrawals; S. 411 - Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act; H.R. 2295 - National Energy Security Corridors Act; Endangered Species Act; S. 1196 - Federal Land Access Act; S. 1210 - Oil and Gas Production and Distribution Reform Act; S. 1225 - Federal Land Assessment Inventory Reform Act; S. 562 - Geothermal Exploration Opportunities Act; S. 1026 - North American Alternative Fuels Act; S. 1276 - Offshore Energy and Jobs Act; S. 1278 - Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Drilling Act; H.R. 963 - Hardrock Mining Reform and Reclamation Act of 2015; issues related to the BLM Methane Rule.