BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make the Federal Permit Streamlining Project program permanent.
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to collect for each of FY2016-FY2026 a fee of $9,500 for each new application for a drilling permit. Allocates specified percentages of such fees to: (1) the field offices that collected the fees used to process protests, leases, and permits; and (2) the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund, now divided into a Rental Account and a Fee Account.
Prohibits the Secretary, during FY2016-2026, from implementing a rulemaking that would enable an increase in fees to recover additional costs related to processing applications for drilling permits.
Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to make the rate of interest allowed and paid or credited for any royalty overpayment equal to the sum of the federal short-term rate plus one percentage point.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-17 | Floor | Held at the desk. | House floor actions |
| 2014-09-17 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2014-09-17 | Floor | Received in the House. | House floor actions |
| 2014-09-16 | Floor | Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5649) | Senate |
| 2014-09-16 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5649) | Senate |
| 2014-09-16 | Discharge | Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. | Senate |
| 2014-07-29 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-491. | Senate |
| 2014-06-05 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate |
| 2014-06-05 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |