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.

Bill: 117-s-3459
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2022-01-10
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 239.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>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. <i>Hydraulic fracturing </i>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.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 239 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3459 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2022 Mr. Cramer introduced the following bill; which was read the first time January 18, 2022 Read the second time and placed on the calendar 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.

1. Prohibition on promulgating any rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States (a) Definition of hydraulic fracturing In this section, the term hydraulic fracturing means a process that— (1) stimulates or increases the production and ultimate recovery of oil or natural gas from a well by pumping a fluid and a proppant (such as sand or similar material) at high pressure into a well to create fractures in the reservoir that the proppant holds open; and (2) increases the surface of the formation available for oil and natural gas to flow into the wellbore. (b) Prohibition No Federal agency may propose, implement, or finalize a rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States.

January 18, 2022 Read the second time and placed on the calendar