Senate Bill 334
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 7, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
334
Congress
115
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
Jim Inhofe
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Florida
Kentucky
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Texas
Utah
Utah
West Virginia
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
This bill gives states the sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing on or under any land within their boundaries. 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 geological formation.
Hydraulic fracturing on federal land must comply with the law of the state in which the land is located.
February 7, 2017
02/07/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
02/07/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:34:48 PM