Affirming that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

Bill: 116-hres-659
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2019-10-29
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Environmental regulatory procedures

Intergovernmental relations

Oil and gas

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution affirms that (1) states maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands; and (2) the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, state lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.</p>

tv_txt: IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 659 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 29, 2019 Mr. Bishop of Utah submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Affirming that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

That States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.