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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1341 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the Sus- |
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| 7 | 7 | | quehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. P |
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| 11 | 11 | | ERRY(for himself, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | K |
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| 13 | 13 | | ELLYof Pennsylvania, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and Mr. R |
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| 15 | 15 | | ESCHENTHALER) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 |
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| 19 | 19 | | with respect to certain regulatory actions related to hy- |
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| 20 | 20 | | draulic fracturing within the Susquehanna, Delaware, |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Potomac River basins, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Denying Regulatory 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Interference with Landowners and Legislatures Now Act’’ 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | or the ‘‘DRILL Now Act’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1341 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WITHIN 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | THE SUSQUEHANNA, DELAWARE, AND POTO-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | MAC RIVER BASINS. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 5019 of the Water Resources Development 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114) is amended by adding 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | at the end the following: 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(f) R |
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| 38 | 38 | | EGULATION OF HYDRAULICFRACTURING.— 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Notwithstanding any provision of the Susquehanna River 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 91–575 (84 Stat. 1512), the Delaware River Basin Com-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | pact to which consent was given by Public Law 87–328 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (75 Stat. 691), or the Potomac River Basin Compact to 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | which consent was given by Public Law 91–407 (84 Stat. 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 856), the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Commission on the Potomac River Basin, as applicable, 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | may not finalize, implement, or enforce any regulation re-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | lating to hydraulic fracturing that is issued pursuant to 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | any authority other than that of the State in which the 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | regulation is to be implemented or enforced.’’. 20 |
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