Fracking Disclosure and Safety Act
Latest action · Feb 7, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fracking Disclosure and Safety Act
This bill establishes requirements governing oil or gas operations, such as hydraulic fracturing operations. 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.
Specifically, the bill eliminates certain exemptions for oil or gas operations from environmental requirements, including requirements concerning stormwater runoff, hazardous air pollutants, solid waste disposal, and drinking water sources. The bill also revises drinking water requirements to require hydraulic fracturing operations to disclose the chemicals they use in underground injections.
In addition, the bill requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to issue regulations governing the use of hydraulic fracturing under oil and gas leases for federal lands. Until the BLM issues those regulations, the bill reestablishes the requirements of the repealed rule titled “Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Land."
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue a rule that adds hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants. The EPA must also publish a list of categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.
Finally, the bill requires the EPA to issue regulations for solid waste associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy if the EPA determines that the wastes are hazardous.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 10, 2019 to May 20, 2019, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jan 10, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jan 10, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jan 10, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jan 10, 2019 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 10, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 20, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Feb 5, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Jan 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 10, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, 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.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 585 | BREATHE Act | Related bill | Jan 25, 2019 |
| HR 4006 | CLEANER Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2019 |
| HR 4007 | FRESHER Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2019 |
| HR 4014 | Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2019 |
| HR 6112 | Oil and Water Don’t Mix Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Business records
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Interior
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- Mining
- Oil and gas
- Solid waste and recycling
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2019Introduced in House
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