HR 2728 · 113th Congress · Energy

Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act

Introduced 2013-07-18· Sponsored by Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]· House

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Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.(2013-12-09)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2013-11-20
Roll #604
Yea 235Nay 187
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0 Yea·0 Nay
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0 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2013-11-20
Roll #604
Yea 235Nay 187
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
FailedHouse · 2013-11-20
Roll #603
Yea 188Nay 232
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0 Yea·0 Nay
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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing (including any component of that process), relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in any state that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for that activity. Requires the Department to recognize and defer to state regulations, permitting, and guidance, for all activities related to hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on federal land regardless of whether those rules are duplicative, more or less restrictive, have different requirements, or do not meet federal guidelines. Defines "hydraulic fracturing" as the process by which fracturing fluids (including a fracturing fluid system) are pumped into an underground geologic formation to generate fractures or cracks, thereby increasing rock permeability near the wellbore and improving production of natural gas or oil.…

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H.R. 2728, Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act

Oct 30, 2013

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 31, 2013

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Cosponsors (19)

1 Democrat18 Republicans