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| http://cramer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cramers-first-bill-passes-senate | Cramer's First Bill Passes Senate | 2013-12-20 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Republican | House | ND | Kevin Cramer | C001096 | cramer.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Kevin Cramer welcomed the U.S. Senate passage of the first legislation he introduced as a Congressman. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Streamlining Act (H.R. 767) will improve the efficiency of processing federal oil and natural gas permits in North Dakota. Cramer and Senator John Hoeven introduced the bill in their respective chambers in February. Since the Hoeven/Cramer bill passed the House on May 15, it will now be sent to the president for his consideration and signature. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), tasked with the purpose of improving the handling of oil and gas permits by combining the resources of involved federal agencies including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the USDA Forest Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. However, North Dakota was not a part of the original pilot project. The BLM Streamlining Act amends the project to include North Dakota by renaming the Miles City BLM field office as the “Montana/Dakotas State Office”, and allowing North Dakota permits to be streamlined. While the legislation was first introduced by Senator Hoeven in the 112th Congress and again by Hoeven with Senator Heitkamp in the 113th Congress, it was never taken up by the House until Cramer introduced it in the 113th Congress. “I appreciate Senator Hoeven originating this legislation and guiding it to passage in the Senate so it can go to work for North Dakota. It takes 10 to 20 days to receive a drilling permit from the state of North Dakota, but a permit from the U.S. government can take over 300 days. I don’t advocate bringing the federal land waiting period down to 10 or 20, but I do think we can do better by bringing all the federal agencies under one roof. This will help bring the federal government closer to the standard of efficiency set by our state while maintaining existing permitting standards.” Last month Cramer met with federal employees at the BLM field office in Dickinson to assess the current workload they face and receive feedback on ways Congress can help them in their tasks. Congressman Cramer is a member of the Natural Resources and Science, Space and Technology Committees, including the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, and the Subcommittee on Energy of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |