HR 2513 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act

Introduced Jun 26, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Louie Gohmert R-TX

Latest action · Jul 3, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 26, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act - Grants any state sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding the treatment of a well by the application of fluids under pressure to which propping agents may be added for the expressly designed purpose of initiating or propagating fractures in a target geologic formation in order to enhance production of oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under land within the boundaries of that state.

Subjects such a well treatment on federal land to state law as well.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 26, 2013.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-LA	John Fleming	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Jun 26, 2013
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Jun 26, 2013

Committees 4

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2013
	Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee	Referred Jul 3, 2013
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2013
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2013
	Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee	Referred Jun 27, 2013
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 26, 2013
	Environment Subcommittee	Referred Jun 28, 2013

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 3, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 28, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Jun 27, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 26, 2013Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2013Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Tenth Amendment stating that ``[t]he powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.'' Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 providing that ``Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States. . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4080.

CRS reports 1

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

Cite it 1

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

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1234	Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act	Identical bill	Jun 26, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State.
Short Titles as Introduced: Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 26, 2013Introduced in House

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