US HB1647 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior (Department) from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing (including any component of that process), relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in any state that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for that activity. Defines "hydraulic fracturing" as the process by which fracturing fluids (including a fracturing fluid system) are pumped into an underground geologic formation to generate fractures or cracks, thereby increasing rock permeability near the wellbore and improving production of natural gas or oil. Requires the Department to recognize and defer to state regulations, permitting, and guidance for all activities regarding hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on federal land. Requires each state to submit to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) a copy of its regulations that: (1) apply to hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land, and (2) require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make such state regulations available to the public. Directs the Comptroller General to examine the economic benefits of domestic shale oil and gas production resulting from hydraulic fracturing, including identification of: (1) state and federal revenue generated as a result of shale gas production, (2) jobs created as a result of shale oil and gas production, and (3) an estimate of potential energy prices without domestic shale oil and gas production. Prohibits the Department from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement governing the hydraulic fracturing process, or any of its components, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on land held either in trust or restricted status for the benefit of Indians except with the express consent of the beneficiary on whose behalf such land is held in trust or restricted status.
Title
Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act
Sponsors
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-06-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. |
2015-03-26 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
2015-03-26 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB15 (Related) 2015-06-09 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
HB3682 (Related) 2016-09-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
HB3682 (Related) 2016-09-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Economic performance and conditions
Energy
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
State and local government operations
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Economic performance and conditions
Energy
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
State and local government operations
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1647/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1647/BILLS-114hr1647ih.pdf |