HR1121-118

Reported

To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 21, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD1BC1BED845B41B1BB7D058C4FB11D6C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act.
  • Section H1D29EEB28AC140FC86CECD2AC3393952: 2. Protecting American energy production It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 21, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy …

Jan 31, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Griffith, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Walberg, …

Jan 31, 2024

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the …

Mar 23, 2023

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Feb 21, 2023

Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Perry, Mr. Estes, …

Feb 21, 2023

Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Perry, Mr. Estes, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Oil & Gas
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

Hydraulic fracturing service companies, Oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing

State & Local Government
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

State governments in oil-producing states

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Executive Branch (President)

Advocacy Groups
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Environmental advocacy organizations

1/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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