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SENATE 19118th CongressReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3772-3773)

A concurrent resolution urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

Last Action
7/27/2023

Actions

  • 2023-01-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 2023-01-23Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-01-23 (00)

Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act or the FRESH Act

This bill gives states the sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing on or under any land within their boundaries. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation.

Hydraulic fracturing on federal land must comply with the law of the state in which the land is located.

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