Congress 116 - HRES 659 - Affirming that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Energy Environmental regulatory procedures Intergovernmental relations Oil and gas Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents State and local government operations

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This resolution affirms that (1) states maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands; and (2) the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, state lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.

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Oct 30, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Oct 30, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Oct 29, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Oct 29, 2019

Introduced in House

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