[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 26 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 26
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 10, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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AN ACT
To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
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 ``Protecting American Energy
Production Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTING AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that States
should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for
oil and natural gas production on State and private lands.
(b) Prohibition on Declaration of a Moratorium on Hydraulic
Fracturing.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President
may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless
such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 2025.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.