United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3859 (113th)
Oil and Gas Leasing Inflation Adjustment Act
Introduced
13 January 2014
Last action
15 January 2014 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sponsors
Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3], Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29], Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Subjects
Energy
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Oil and Gas Leasing Inflation Adjustment Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase from $2 per acre to $4 per acre the national minimum acceptable bid for oil and gas leases. Increases from $2 per acre to $5 per acre the minimum acceptable bid for a tar sand lease. Increases the annual rental of a lease from $1.50 per acre to $3 per acre for the first through the fifth year of the lease. Increases the annual lease rental from $2 per acre to $4 per acre for each year after such fifth year. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make a cost-of-living adjustment of such dollar amounts at least once every four years and to publish each one in the Federal Register.
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Timeline
13 January 2014
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
13 January 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 January 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 January 2014
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 13 January 2014 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3859
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3859
- us · 113-hr-3859 · source updated 12 August 2025