Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Nov 20, 2013)
Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 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.
Requires the Secretary 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 regardless of whether those rules are duplicative, more or less restrictive, have different requirements, or do not meet federal regulations, guidance, or permit requirements.
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.
What just happenedNov 20, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateNov 20, 2013
- Nov 20, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Nov 20, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate