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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 133 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Ms. B |
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| 9 | 9 | | OEBERTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 10 | 10 | | mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on En- |
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| 11 | 11 | | ergy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 13 | 13 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting American 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Energy Production Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. PROTECTING AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) S |
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| 23 | 23 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | gress that States should maintain primacy for the regula-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tion of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas produc-9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tion on State and private lands. 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) PROHIBITION ONDECLARATION OF A MORATO-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | RIUM ON HYDRAULICFRACTURING.—Notwithstanding 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | any other provision of law, the President may not declare 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Æ |
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