HR 26

Protecting American Energy Production Act

Summary

Protecting American Energy Production Act This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy (authority) for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation.

Bill status

Status
Passed House
Sponsor
Rep. August Pfluger [R-TX-11]
Cosponsors
18
Policy area
Energy
Introduced
2025-01-03
Latest action
2025-02-10: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committee referrals

Recent actions

  • 2025-02-10: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 2025-02-07: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2025-02-07: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 188 (Roll no. 35). (text: CR H561)
  • 2025-02-07: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 188 (Roll no. 35).
  • 2025-02-07: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 207 (Roll no. 34).

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