Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
- Last Action
- 2/7/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-07Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2017-02-07Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-07 (00)
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands 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.
Cosponsors (12)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- ORRIN HATCH (R-UT)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Forests, forestry, trees
- General public lands matters
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- Oil and gas
- State and local government operations
- Water quality
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