Protecting American Energy Production Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
States that states should retain primacy over hydraulic fracturing regulation on state and private lands and prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it by statute.
Who Benefits and How
Oil and gas producers and energy-producing states could benefit from stronger protection against a unilateral federal moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Future presidents lose the ability to impose a fracking moratorium on their own, and opponents of hydraulic fracturing cannot rely on unilateral executive action to halt the practice.
Key Provisions
- States the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy for hydraulic-fracturing regulation on state and private lands.
- Bars the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless an Act of Congress authorizes it.
- Applies the prohibition notwithstanding any other provision of law.
- Creates no new permitting system or federal benefit program.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
States that states should retain primacy over hydraulic fracturing regulation on state and private lands and prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it by statute.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Oil and Gas, Executive Power
Primary Purpose
States that states should retain primacy over hydraulic fracturing regulation on state and private lands and prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it by statute.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Oil and gas producers and state governments that want continued control over hydraulic-fracturing policy
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Future presidents and anti-fracturing advocates whose options for executive action are narrowed
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas …
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: …
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered …
Mr. Casten moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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