DRILL Now Act

Bill: 118-hr-1217
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-02-27
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Denying Regulatory Interference with Landowners and Legislatures Now Act or the DRILL Now Act</strong></p> <p>This bill bars certain interstate river basin commissions from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulation relating to hydraulic fracturing unless it is issued by the state in which the regulation is to be implemented or enforced. These commissions are</p> <ul> <li> the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland), </li> <li>the Delaware River Basin Commission (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York), and</li> <li> the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia). </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1217 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2023 Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Meuser , and Mr. Reschenthaler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Denying Regulatory Interference with Landowners and Legislatures Now Act or the DRILL Now Act . 2. Regulation of hydraulic fracturing within the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins Section 5019 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 ( Public Law 110–114 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Regulation of hydraulic fracturing Notwithstanding any provision of the Susquehanna River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 91–575 (84 Stat. 1512), the Delaware River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 87–328 (75 Stat. 691), or the Potomac River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 91–407 (84 Stat. 856), the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, as applicable, may not finalize, implement, or enforce any regulation relating to hydraulic fracturing that is issued pursuant to any authority other than that of the State in which the regulation is to be implemented or enforced. .