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H.R. 133 119th Congress House

Protecting American Energy Production Act

Official title: To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Lauren Boebert Republican · Colorado See on congress.gov
Energy Congressional-executive branch relationsMiningOil and gasPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsState and local government operations
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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.
Jan 3, 2025
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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.

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Protecting American Energy Production Act

This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy (authority) for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 133: Protecting American Energy Production Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-133/
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"H.R. 133: Protecting American Energy Production Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-133/.
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H.R. 133, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-133/.
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