United States · Bill · S
S. 490 (114th)
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015
Introduced
12 February 2015
Last action
12 February 2015 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsors
Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Subjects
Environment, Agriculture, Energy
Source updated
24 March 2026
Environment · Agriculture · Energy
Summary
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015 This bill permits a state that has an established leasing, permitting, and regulatory program to: (1) declare to the Secretaries of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Energy that it has either established or amended the program; and (2) seek to transfer to itself, and to implement, existing federal responsibilities for leasing, permitting, and regulating oil, natural gas, and other forms of energy development. Any state action to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development shall not be subject to, or considered, a federal action, a federal permit, or a federal license with respect to specified administrative and environmental laws and is therefore exempt from them. State-issued leases or permits must provide for: (1) the collection of royalties or other revenues in an amount equal to what would have been collected if the lease or permit had been federally issued, and (2) their deposit into the same federal account in which they would have been deposited if the lease or permit had been federally issued. A state may collect and retain lease or permit application processing fees.
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Timeline
12 February 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
12 February 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 February 2015 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017
- related to ← Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/490
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/490
- us · 114-s-490 · source updated 24 March 2026