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Introduced
06/28/2019
06/28/2019
In Committee
07/01/2019
07/01/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations, and for other purposes. This bill requires hydraulic fracturing operations to test for and report on underground sources of drinking water that are contaminated by such operations. 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. Specifically, this bill revises requirements governing state underground injection control programs. In order to obtain primary enforcement responsibility for such programs, states must prohibit the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities unless the hydraulic fracturing operations agree to test for and report on contamination of drinking water. Hydraulic fracturing operations are exempted from those testing and reporting requirements if there is no accessible underground source of drinking water within a radius of one mile of the site where the operations occur. The Environmental Protection Agency must establish and maintain a publicly accessible and searchable database of the testing results.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") operations to test for and report on the contamination of underground drinking water sources. Specifically, the bill requires fracking operators to conduct testing on nearby drinking water sources before, during, and for 5 years after fracking operations. The results of these tests must be reported to the Environmental Protection Agency, which will maintain a publicly accessible and searchable database of the testing data. The testing and reporting requirements do not apply if there are no accessible drinking water sources within one mile of the fracking site.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Industry
Sponsors (27)
Jan Schakowsky (D)*,
Don Beyer (D),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Gerry Connolly (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Diana DeGette (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Jared Huffman (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Seth Moulton (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
John Sarbanes (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Darren Soto (D),
Maxine Waters (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. (on 07/01/2019)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
|---|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3604/all-info | 06/29/2019 |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3604/BILLS-116hr3604ih.pdf | 07/14/2019 |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3604/BILLS-116hr3604ih.pdf.pdf | 07/14/2019 |
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