HRES 659
116th Congress
House
Energy
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental regulatory procedures
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Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
Affirming that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.
Introduced: October 29, 2019
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Oct 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Oct 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Oct 29, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Oct 29, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This resolution affirms that (1) states maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands; and (2) the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, state lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1