To re-establish certain hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure rules, standards for well construction, and waste management rules, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6768| House
| Updated: 9/19/2018
Darren Soto
Democratic Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (9)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
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- In Committee
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- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Fracking Disclosure and Safety Act This bill establishes requirements governing oil or gas operations, including by (1) reestablishing requirements governing the use of hydraulic fracturing under oil and gas leases for federal lands; and (2) eliminating certain exemptions for oil and gas operations from environmental requirements, such as requirements concerning stormwater runoff, hazardous air pollutants, solid waste disposal, and drinking water sources.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesBusiness recordsCongressional oversightDepartment of the InteriorEmergency medical services and trauma careEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesIndian lands and resources rightsLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMiningOil and gasSolid waste and recyclingWater qualityWater use and supply
To re-establish certain hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure rules, standards for well construction, and waste management rules, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6768| House
| Updated: 9/19/2018
Fracking Disclosure and Safety Act This bill establishes requirements governing oil or gas operations, including by (1) reestablishing requirements governing the use of hydraulic fracturing under oil and gas leases for federal lands; and (2) eliminating certain exemptions for oil and gas operations from environmental requirements, such as requirements concerning stormwater runoff, hazardous air pollutants, solid waste disposal, and drinking water sources.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Darren Soto
Democratic Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (9)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Environmental Protection
Related Bills
- HR 115-2000: To require regulation of wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-2012: To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-4426: To reform Federal onshore and offshore fossil fuel leasing, exploration, and development; promote renewable energy on public lands; prepare for the impacts of climate change; increase industry accountability; improve returns to taxpayers for the development of Federal energy resources; and protect special places, and for other purposes.
- HR 115-2001: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesBusiness recordsCongressional oversightDepartment of the InteriorEmergency medical services and trauma careEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesIndian lands and resources rightsLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMiningOil and gasSolid waste and recyclingWater qualityWater use and supply