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Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sponsored H.R. 6009, the so-called Restoring American Energy Dominance Act, which would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw its proposed Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Rule and prevent the Department of the Interior (DOI) from proposing any substantially similar rule, hampering DOI’s ability to oversee the federal leasing program. BLM’s proposed Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Rule would update federal regulations to implement oil and gas program fiscal reforms enacted via the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including increasing the royalty rate for producing oil and gas on federal public lands, realigning rents and fees to account for inflation, and reducing speculation by ending non-competitive leasing and implementing a new nomination fee. The proposed rule would also include additional protections, such as language to penalize routine abusers, preference criteria to steer leasing decisions away from critical habitat, cultural resources, and reduce speculation, and urgent bonding reforms to help ensure that oil and gas operators bear the cost of cleaning up drilling sites after production ends instead of placing the burden on taxpayers and surrounding communities. On March 20, the House approved H.R. 6009 by a vote of 216-200 (House roll call vote 95). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The Senate took no action on this legislation.
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