HR 2202 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2021

Introduced Mar 26, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Diana DeGette D-CO

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Latest action · Mar 29, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 26, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2021

This bill revises drinking water requirements concerning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) 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 geologic formation.

The bill gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to protect groundwater sources (e.g., wells) from certain pollution risks posed by fracking operations.

The bill also establishes requirements for disclosing the chemicals intended for use in fracking operations as well as the chemicals actually used in the operations. If the proprietary chemical formulas of chemicals used in fracking operations are necessary for treatment in medical emergencies, then the operations must disclose the formulas or the specific chemical identities of trade secret chemicals to the state, the EPA, or the treating physicians or nurses upon request, regardless of whether written statements of need or confidentiality agreements have been provided.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2021 to Nov 3, 2021; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-NYGrace MengOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-CARo KhannaOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 26, 2021
D-WIMark PocanMay 4, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibMay 4, 2021
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeNov 3, 2021
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesNov 3, 2021
D-CAZoe LofgrenNov 3, 2021

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 26, 2021
Environment Subcommittee
Referred Mar 29, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
  2. Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Mar 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 57, March 26, 2021, page H1693.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4014Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2019Reintroduction ofJul 26, 2019
HR 4785Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2023Reintroduced BillJul 21, 2023

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 Title(s) as Introduced
Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House

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