Protecting American Energy Production Act

Bill: 119-hr-26
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-03
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations

Mining

Oil and gas

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting American Energy Production Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy&nbsp;(authority) for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.</p><p>Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation.</p>

tv_txt: IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 26 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 10, 2025 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act . 2. Protecting American energy production (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands. (b) Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 26 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act . 2. Protecting American energy production (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands. (b) Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 26 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Pfluger introduced the following bill; 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 A BILL To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act . 2. Protecting American energy production (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands. (b) Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.