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HR 2202 117th Congress House

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2021

Official title: To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 26, 2021 Introduced by: DeGette, Diana Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Mar 26, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action March 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2021

This bill revises drinking water requirements concerning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) 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 geologic formation.

The bill gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to protect groundwater sources (e.g., wells) from certain pollution risks posed by fracking operations.

The bill also establishes requirements for disclosing the chemicals intended for use in fracking operations as well as the chemicals actually used in the operations. If the proprietary chemical formulas of chemicals used in fracking operations are necessary for treatment in medical emergencies, then the operations must disclose the formulas or the specific chemical identities of trade secret chemicals to the state, the EPA, or the treating physicians or nurses upon request, regardless of whether written statements of need or confidentiality agreements have been provided.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4785 Reintroduced Bill Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2023
  • HR 4014 Reintroduction of Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2019
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 37
All 37 Democratic 26
Kildee, Daniel
· Nov 3, 2021
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 3, 2021
Sarbanes, John
· Nov 3, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 4, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 4, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 26, 2021
Blumenauer, Earl
· Mar 26, 2021
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Mar 26, 2021
Cartwright, Matt
· Mar 26, 2021
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Mar 26, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 26, 2021
Eshoo, Anna
· Mar 26, 2021
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Mar 26, 2021
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Mar 26, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 26, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Mar 26, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 26, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 26, 2021
Napolitano, Grace
· Mar 26, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 26, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Mar 26, 2021
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 26, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2202: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2202/
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"H.R. 2202: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2202/.
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