S722-119

In Committee

Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 25, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id71b5b51615e54c8ea68d3a09599039c8: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act.
  • Section idb7f1aa29-d235-46bf-b6d0-3e9b619d7af0: 2. Compliance with BLM permitting Notwithstanding the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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federal implementing agencies:
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 25, 2025

Mr. Hoeven (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. …

Feb 25, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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