House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act
Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Raúl Grijalva D-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2053.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1152):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2053, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2053
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d0f39d92a3d056b4063f628cba31522b8f52f7ab69a3a09133f825eeac2ec9d
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2053, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
Related bills
- S. 1030 (119th) Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.