Bill > HR1341

This bill, known as the "DRILL Now Act," amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to limit the regulatory authority of three river basin commissions (Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac) over hydraulic fracturing, which is a controversial method of extracting oil and natural gas by injecting high-pressure liquid into underground rock formations. Specifically, the bill prevents these interstate commissions from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any hydraulic fracturing regulations unless those regulations are directly issued by the state in which they would be implemented. This means that the river basin commissions would be prohibited from creating their own independent hydraulic fracturing rules, effectively transferring regulatory control exclusively to individual state governments. The bill aims to reduce what its proponents likely view as unnecessary or overreaching regulatory oversight of hydraulic fracturing activities within these river basins, potentially making it easier for energy companies to conduct drilling operations by limiting multi-state regulatory interventions.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1341/all-info