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Introduced
03/26/2015
03/26/2015
In Committee
06/05/2015
06/05/2015
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2017
01/03/2017
Introduced Session
114th Congress
Bill Summary
Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior (Department) from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing (including any component of that process), relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in any state that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for that activity. Defines "hydraulic fracturing" as the process by which fracturing fluids (including a fracturing fluid system) are pumped into an underground geologic formation to generate fractures or cracks, thereby increasing rock permeability near the wellbore and improving production of natural gas or oil. Requires the Department to recognize and defer to state regulations, permitting, and guidance for all activities regarding hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on federal land. Requires each state to submit to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) a copy of its regulations that: (1) apply to hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land, and (2) require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make such state regulations available to the public. Directs the Comptroller General to examine the economic benefits of domestic shale oil and gas production resulting from hydraulic fracturing, including identification of: (1) state and federal revenue generated as a result of shale gas production, (2) jobs created as a result of shale oil and gas production, and (3) an estimate of potential energy prices without domestic shale oil and gas production. Prohibits the Department from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement governing the hydraulic fracturing process, or any of its components, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on land held either in trust or restricted status for the benefit of Indians except with the express consent of the beneficiary on whose behalf such land is held in trust or restricted status.
AI Summary
This bill, titled the "Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act," aims to give states more authority over hydraulic fracturing, a process used to extract oil and gas by injecting fluids into underground rock formations to create cracks. Specifically, it prohibits the Department of the Interior from enforcing federal rules or permit requirements for hydraulic fracturing on any land within a state that already has its own regulations for this activity, and requires the Department to defer to state rules for such operations on federal land. States must submit their hydraulic fracturing regulations, including those requiring disclosure of chemicals used, to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for public access. The bill also mandates a study by the Comptroller General to assess the economic benefits of domestic shale oil and gas production, such as revenue and job creation, and requires the Department of the Interior to obtain express consent from Native American beneficiaries before enforcing federal hydraulic fracturing regulations on trust or restricted lands.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (on 06/05/2015)
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