US Congress House Bill 2012 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-0)
Status: Introduced on April 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017 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 2017

Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2017-04-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-04-06	House	Introduced in House

HB1068 (Related) 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB4426 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
HB6768 (Related) 2018-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2012/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2012/BILLS-115hr2012ih.pdf