US Congress House Bill 1482 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-1)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2015 This bill repeals the exemption for hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 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. The chemicals intended for use in underground injections must be disclosed before the hydraulic fracturing operations commence. The chemicals actually used must also be disclosed at the end of the operations. The disclosure must be made to state underground injection programs or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) if the EPA has primary enforcement responsibility in the state. The state or the EPA must make the disclosure available to the public. When a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in the operations is necessary for medical treatment, hydraulic fracturing operations must disclose the formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the EPA, or the treating physician or nurse upon request, regardless of whether a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement has been provided. Hydraulic fracturing operations may require a written statement of need and a confidentiality agreement as soon thereafter as circumstances permit.

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2015

Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2015-03-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-03-19	House	Introduced in House

SB785 (Related) 2015-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1482/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1482/BILLS-114hr1482ih.pdf