Protecting American Energy Production Act
| Date | Chamber | What was voted on | Result | Yes–No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | House · vote #35 | On Passage | Passed | 226–188 | See who voted → |
| Feb 7, 2025 | House · vote #34 | On Motion to Recommit | Failed | 205–207 | See who voted → |
| Jan 8, 2015 | Senate · vote #2 | On Passage of the Bill H.R. 26 | Passed | 93–4 | See who voted → |
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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.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 26: Protecting American Energy Production Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-26/
"H.R. 26: Protecting American Energy Production Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-26/.
H.R. 26, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-26/.
[H.R. 26: Protecting American Energy Production Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-26/)