,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ejci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ba1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,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 drill1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,license 
to ,drill ,act4  #b4 ,,blm oil and gas  
permit processing fee ,section #ce7;d7  
of the ,mineral ,leasing ,act 7#cj      
,u4,s4,c4 #aia7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#a71 by striking #bjbf and  
inserting #bjcg2  7#b7 in paragraph     
7#c7-- 7,a7 by striking ,of the fees    
collected under this subsection for a   
fiscal year1 the and inserting ,the2 and
  7,b7 by striking transfer-- and all   
that follows through the ,fund and      

inserting transfer1 for each of fiscal  
years #bjbg through #bjcg1 all of the   
fees collected under this subsection for
 each such fiscal year to the ,,blm     
,permit ,processing ,improvement ,fund2 
and  7#c7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking
 #bjbf and inserting #bjcg4