House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Liz Cheney R-WYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 519.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHENEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H250):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.'Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 329 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 519, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/519
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
33 cosponsors — 33 Republicans
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Ken Buck (R-CO), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), John Joyce (R-PA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Robert Latta (R-OH), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Lisa McClain (R-MI), David McKinley (R-WV), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Austin Scott (R-GA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Steve Stivers (R-OH) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Liz Cheney.
- H.R. 4040 (117th) Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022
- H.Res. 10 (117th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 6 (117th) Providing for the designation of certain minority employees.
- H.Res. 63 (117th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 95 (117th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 520 (117th) Safeguarding Coal Leasing Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.