A bill to prohibit a Federal agency from promulgating any rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits federal agencies from proposing, implementing, or finalizing a rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing (i.e., fracking) in the United States. Hydraulic fracturing means a process that (1) stimulates or increases the production and recovery of oil or natural gas from a well by pumping a fluid and a propping agent (e.g., sand) at high pressure into a well to create fractures in the reservoir that the propping agent holds open, and (2) increases the surface of the formation available for oil and natural gas to flow into the well.
Bill status
introduced
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Introduction
Jan 2022
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President
Introduced Jan 10, 2022
Last action Jan 18, 2022
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Jan 10, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
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