HR 7231
110th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Water quality
To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced: September 29, 2008
Introduced by:
DeGette, Diana
Democratic
· Colorado
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 29, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to permit federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing (a process for extracting oil and gas from wells by the injection of fluids at high pressure).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Committees of jurisdiction
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