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H.R. 133In CommitteeENERGY

Protecting American Energy Production Act

Congressional-executive branch relations · Mining · Oil and gas
Sponsor
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
R · CO-3
Key facts
Introduced: Jan 3, 2025
Chamber: House
Cosponsors: 0
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summary

Protecting American Energy Production Act

This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy (authority) for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.

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 formation.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Jan 3, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  2. Jan 3, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. Jan 3, 2025
    Introduced in House
  4. Jan 3, 2025
    Introduced in House

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