Current status is Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 26

1. Short title
2. Protecting American energy production

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Protecting American Energy Production Act".

2. Protecting American energy production

(a) Sense of Congress - It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands.

(b) Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

119-HR26

Protecting American Energy Production Act

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 26

1. Short title

2. Protecting American energy production