HEARING

Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management areas, wildlife conservation areas, protection areas, recreation areas, wilderness areas, and a scientific research and education area in the State of Colorado, S.4200, to promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada, S.4239, to require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, S.4383, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, S.4410, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act, S.4458, to establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, S.4561, to modernize and streamline the permitting process for broadband infrastructure on Federal land, S.4605, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the Interior, S.4715, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish fitness to operate standards and decommissioning escrow accounts for offshore oil and gas operators, H.R.655, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, S.4960 and H.R.1687, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, H.R.4090, to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, S.4975 and H.R.5587, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, H.R.5631, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, and H.R.7831, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill.

Schedule

Date and time (ET)
July 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Location
Dirksen Senate Office Building · 366

Related bills

  • H.R. 655Dalles Watershed Development Act
  • H.R. 1687CLEAN Act
  • H.R. 4090Critical Mineral Dominance Act
  • H.R. 5587HEATS Act
  • H.R. 5631Geothermal Energy Advancement Act
  • H.R. 7831License to Drill Act
  • S. 1791Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act of 2025
  • S. 4200Douglas County Economic Development and Conservation Act
  • S. 4239Plug Offshore Wells Act
  • S. 4383Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment and Optimal Reviews Act
  • S. 4410A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act.
  • S. 4458Caja del Rio Protection Act
  • S. 4561CLOSE THE GAP Act
  • S. 4605Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2026
  • S. 4715Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026
  • S. 4960CLEAN Act

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