HR 1921 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013

Introduced May 9, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Diana DeGette D-CO

Latest action · May 10, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

Progress

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IntroducedMay 9, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal the exemption from restrictions on underground injection of fluids or propping agents granted to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities under such Act.

Requires: (1) state underground injection programs to direct a person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations to disclose to the state (or the Administrator if the Administrator has primary enforcement responsibility in such state) the chemicals intended for use in underground injections prior to the commencement of such operations and the chemicals actually used after the end of such operations, and (2) a state or the Administrator to make such disclosure available to the public.

Requires a person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations, when a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in such operations is necessary for medical treatment, to disclose such formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the Administrator, or the treating physician or nurse upon request, regardless of whether a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement has been provided. Authorizes such person to require a written statement of need and a confidentiality agreement as soon thereafter as circumstances permit.

Cosponsors 59

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson	Original	May 9, 2013
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		May 14, 2013
D-CO	Jared Polis		May 14, 2013
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jun 3, 2013
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 3, 2013
D-NC	David E. Price		Jun 3, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jun 3, 2013
D-NY	Grace Meng		Jun 3, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jun 3, 2013
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jun 3, 2013
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jun 3, 2013
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 3, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jun 3, 2013
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 3, 2013
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 3, 2013
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Jun 3, 2013
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jun 11, 2013
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jun 12, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jun 18, 2013
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jun 18, 2013
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jun 18, 2013
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jun 18, 2013
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jun 20, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jun 26, 2013
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Jun 26, 2013
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 9, 2013
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 10, 2013
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jul 11, 2013
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jul 17, 2013
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jul 18, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Aug 1, 2013
D-CA	Karen Bass		Aug 1, 2013
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Aug 2, 2013
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 9, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 9, 2013
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 9, 2013
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 9, 2013
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Sep 10, 2013
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Sep 25, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Oct 9, 2013
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Oct 10, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Oct 15, 2013
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Oct 29, 2013
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Oct 29, 2013
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Oct 30, 2013
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Dec 12, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jan 8, 2014
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jan 14, 2014
D-GA	John Lewis		Jan 27, 2014
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Feb 6, 2014
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 11, 2014
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Mar 11, 2014
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Apr 29, 2014
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Apr 29, 2014
D-MN	Betty McCollum		May 19, 2014
D-MN	Keith Ellison		May 19, 2014
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		May 20, 2014
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 30, 2014
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Nov 12, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred May 9, 2013
	Environment Subcommittee	Referred May 10, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 10, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
May 9, 2013Introduced in House
May 9, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H2689	Mark Pocan D-WI	Mar 26, 2014
House	Debate and remarks H7281	Rush Holt D-NJ	Nov 20, 2013

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H5347-H5349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. NEUGEBAUER: H.J. Res. 57. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 60: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois. H.R. 148: Mr. Enyart. H.R. 182: Mr. Sires. H.R. 183: Mr. Enyart. H.R. 262: Mr. Heck of Nevada and Mr. Schock. H.R. 279: Mr. Ruiz. H.R. 281: Ms. Kaptur. H.R. 292: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 301: Mr. Gardner and Mr. Wittman. H.R. 310: Mr. Kilmer. H.R. 362: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 363: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 366: Ms. Jenkins and Mr. Schneider. H.R. 419: Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania. H.R. 460: Mr. Perlmutter. H.R. 474: Mr. Ellison. H.R. 485: Ms. Tsongas. H.R. 491: Mr. Sherman. H.R. 508: Mr. Quigley, Mr. Barber, and Mr. Gibson. H.R. 523: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 525: Mr. Ryan of Ohio. H.R. 533: Mr. Cartwright and Mr. DeFazio. H.R. 543: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 574: Mr. Clay. H.R. 578: Mr. Womack. H.R. 580: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 620: Mr. Ellison. H.R. 621: Mr. Barletta. H.R. 647: Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Neal. H.R. 679: Mr. Scott of Virginia. H.R. 685: Ms. Moore, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Lowey, and Mr. Womack. H.R. 690: Mr. Barletta and Mr. Walden. H.R. 702: Mr. Cohen and Mr. Langevin. H.R. 720: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 724: Mr. Swalwell of California. H.R. 755: Ms. Esty. H.R. 792: Mr. Gowdy. H.R. 795: Mr. Stockman. H.R. 846: Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kline, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Stutzman, and Mr. Pocan. H.R. 920: Mr. Gallego. H.R. 938: Mr. Thornberry. H.R. 961: Mr. Bera of California. H.R. 975: Mr. Price of North Carolina. H.R. 1001: Mr. Bishop of New York and Mr. Cole. H.R. 1014: Mr. Rothfus. H.R. 1015: Mr. Huffman, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Barletta. H.R. 1020: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Womack. H.R. 1024: Ms. Clarke, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Ms. Kuster. H.R. 1074: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 1091: Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. Massie. H.R. 1094: Mr. Bera of California and Mr. Serrano. H.R. 1105: Mr. Matheson and Mr. Bachus. H.R. 1146: Mr. McHenry. H.R. 1175: Ms. Bass. H.R. 1176: Mr. Wittman. H.R. 1237: Mr. Stivers. H.R. 1249: Mr. Griffin of Arkansas. H.R. 1250: Mr. Courtney, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Ms. Esty. H.R. 1252: Mr. Cook, Mr. Runyan, and Mr. Pearce. H.R. 1276: Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Farr, and Mrs. Capps. H.R. 1318: Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Clay. H.R. 1327: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 1346: Mr. Lowenthal. H.R. 1354: Mr. Kilmer. H.R. 1389: Ms. Frankel of Florida and Ms. Esty. H.R. 1416: Mr. Israel and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina. H.R. 1428: Mr. Gerlach. H.R. 1476: Mr. Bentivolio. H.R. 1518: Ms. Pingree of Maine. H.R. 1526: Mr. Coffman. H.R. 1563: Ms. Wilson[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5348.

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R43148	An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions	Report	Apr 22, 2015
R42879	Federal Regulation of Chemicals in Commerce: An Overview of Issues for the 113th Congress Archived	Report	May 30, 2013

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1135	FRAC Act	Related bill	Jun 11, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 9, 2013Introduced in House

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