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HR 1194 · in committee · significant

Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Interior Department to explain rejected oil and gas lease bids to highest bidders.
  • Oil and gas companies bidding on federal leases are affected by new transparency and legal protections.
  • Courts are restricted from blocking or delaying oil and gas leases except for violations of federal law.

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  1. 01

    How would requiring the Interior Department to explain rejected lease bids affect competition and bidding strategies among oil and gas companies?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs might result from restricting courts' ability to delay oil and gas leases on federal lands?

  3. 03

    What evidence supports the claim that current lease rejection practices lack sufficient transparency for bidders?

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Sponsor · R-LA-3

Clay Higgins

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Introduced 2025-02-11

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-11 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-02-11 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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