Skip to main content
H.R. 2164 117th Congress House

Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 23, 2021 Introduced by: Janice D. Schakowsky Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory procedures
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
Government information and archivesHazardous wastes and toxic substancesOil and gasWater quality
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Mar 23, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 23, 2021
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Latest action March 24, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2021

This bill requires hydraulic fracturing operations to test for and report on underground sources of drinking water that are contaminated by such operations. 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 formation.

Specifically, this bill revises requirements governing state underground injection control programs. In order to obtain primary enforcement responsibility for such programs, states must prohibit the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities unless the hydraulic fracturing operations agree to test for and report on contamination of drinking water.

Hydraulic fracturing operations are exempted from those testing and reporting requirements if there is no accessible underground source of drinking water within a radius of one mile of the site where the operations occur.

The Environmental Protection Agency must establish and maintain a publicly accessible and searchable database of the testing results.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3604 Reintroduction of Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2019
  • HR 4811 Reintroduced Bill Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2023
  • HR 1512 CLEAN Future Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 37
All 37 Democratic 27
Sarbanes, John
· Nov 3, 2021
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Aug 10, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 7, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 7, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 13, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 23, 2021
Blumenauer, Earl
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Mar 23, 2021
Cartwright, Matt
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Mar 23, 2021
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 23, 2021
Eshoo, Anna
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Mar 23, 2021
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 23, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 23, 2021
Napolitano, Grace
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 23, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 23, 2021
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2164: Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2164/
MLA
"H.R. 2164: Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2164/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2164, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2164/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 2164: Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2164/)
Report a problem