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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Canonical identifier | 2026-12734 |
| Title | Oil and Gas Leasing |
| Authority | Interior Department |
| Jurisdiction | US |
| Type | proposed_rule |
| Legal stage | proposal |
| Publication date | 2026-06-24 |
| Discovered at | 2026-07-02T21:54:40Z |
| SR / CELEX | n/a |
| Affected countries (parsed from title) | none parsed |
| Matched topics | banking_supervision (bank), energy_environment (energy) |
| Original source | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12734/oil-and-gas-leasing |
| Summary (as published) | The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to revise its oil and gas leasing regulations to reflect new requirements in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB); policy direction in Executive Orders (E.O.) entitled Unleashing American Energy and Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative and Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account; and policy guidance in Secretary's Order entitled Unleashing American Energy. In addition, the proposed rule would reflect provisions of the Royalty Resiliency Act, which pertains to applications for oil and gas agreements for allocation schedules that outline how royalties would be distributed across different leases within the agreement. The BLM proposes to return the minimum bond amounts to those prior to the finalization of the 2024 rule. Finally, the proposed rule would improve the BLM's leasing process to ensure stewardship of public lands as required by the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) and as directed by the OBBB and the above Executive orders. |