HR 928
115th Congress
House
Energy
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
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
Introduced: February 7, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Feb 22, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Feb 8, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 7, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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