HR 26
Passed a chamber
Bars the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it by law, and states that states should keep primary control over fracking rules on state and private lands.
Official title: Protecting American Energy Production Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-JAN-2025
Referred
03-JAN-2025
Passed
07-FEB-2025
Senate
Received
10-FEB-2025
- Prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless an Act of Congress authorizes it.
- Expresses the sense of Congress that states should keep primary regulatory authority over hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas on state and private lands.
- Is titled the Protecting American Energy Production Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 07-FEB-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Energy
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18 Republicans