SRES 411
116th Congress
Senate
Energy
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental regulatory procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
A resolution affirming that States maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands, that the President has no authority to declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on State and private lands, and that the President should not attempt to declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf) or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe, unless the moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.
Introduced: November 7, 2019
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Became law
Nov 7, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S6480)
Nov 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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, (2) the President has no authority to declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on state and private lands, and (3) the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on federal lands or lands held in trust for an Indian tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S6480)
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