[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1341 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1341

 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to 
 certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the 
    Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2025

 Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, and 
Mr. Reschenthaler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to 
 certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the 
    Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Denying Regulatory Interference with 
Landowners and Legislatures Now Act'' or the ``DRILL Now Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WITHIN THE SUSQUEHANNA, 
              DELAWARE, AND POTOMAC RIVER BASINS.

    Section 5019 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110-114) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing.--Notwithstanding any 
provision of the Susquehanna River Basin Compact to which consent was 
given by Public Law 91-575 (84 Stat. 1512), the Delaware River Basin 
Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 87-328 (75 Stat. 691), 
or the Potomac River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public 
Law 91-407 (84 Stat. 856), the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the 
Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the 
Potomac River Basin, as applicable, may not finalize, implement, or 
enforce any regulation relating to hydraulic fracturing that is issued 
pursuant to any authority other than that of the State in which the 
regulation is to be implemented or enforced.''.
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