Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
Latest action · Feb 24, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
This bill gives states the sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing on or under any land within their boundaries. 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 geological formation.
Hydraulic fracturing on federal land must comply with the law of the state in which the land is located.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2017 to Feb 16, 2017; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Feb 16, 2017 |
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 Feb 7, 2017 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Feb 22, 2017 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2017 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Feb 24, 2017 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2017 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 8, 2017 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2017 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 10, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Feb 22, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Feb 10, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- Feb 8, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2017Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 21, February 7, 2017, page H1085.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 334 | Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act | Identical bill | Feb 7, 2017 |
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.
- Feb 7, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
