H.R. 1121 – Reading Mode

IIB

118th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 1121

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 21, 2024

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act.

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 March 20, 2024.

Kevin F. McCumber,

Clerk.