S.Amdt. 1458

SA 1458. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1407 submitted by Ms. Murkowski and intended to be
proposed to the bill S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced
geothermal research and development, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 4001. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING STATE PRIMACY WITH
RESPECT TO THE REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC
FRACTURING ON STATE LAND AND PRIVATE LAND.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) States maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic
fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State land
and private land;
(2) the President has no authority to declare a moratorium
on the use of hydraulic fracturing on State land and private
land; and
(3) the President should not attempt to declare a
moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal land
(including the outer Continental Shelf) or land held in trust
for an Indian Tribe, unless the moratorium is authorized by
an Act of Congress.
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