US Congress Senate Bill 1234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act - Grants any state sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding the treatment of a well by the application of fluids under pressure to which propping agents may be added for the expressly designed purpose of initiating or propagating fractures in a target geologic formation in order to enhance production of oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under land within the boundaries of that state. Subjects such a well treatment on federal land to state law as well.

Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB2513 (Same As) 2013-07-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1234/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1234/BILLS-113s1234is.pdf