United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act

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D MarkeySponsor

11 cosponsors · 11 D

8 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act or USE IT Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations to establish a specified graduated annual production incentive fee with respect to federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 21, 2010

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act

Also known as: USE IT Act

Latest action (Apr 27, 2010): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 21, 2010

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.