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Protecting American Energy Production Act, the official text

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119 HR 26 : Protecting American Energy Production Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-02-10
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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.
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