S.Amdt. 1621

SA 1621. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1618 proposed by Mr. Hatch (for himself and Ms. Murkowski)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for
reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. OPTION FOR STATE REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC
FRACTURING.

(a) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``Federal
land'' means--
(1) public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); and
(2) land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Reclamation.
(b) Option of State Regulation.--On payment to the
Secretary of the Interior of a fee of $1,000 per well, the
operator of a well on any Federal land within the boundaries
of the State may opt into the State regulatory scheme under
which the State shall have the sole authority to promulgate
or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement
relating to the treatment of the well by the application of
fluids under pressure to which propping agents may or may not
be added for the expressly designed purpose of initiating or
propagating fractures in a target geologic formation in order
to enhance production of oil, natural gas, or geothermal
production activities.
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