H.R. 26 · Passed House · Energy

Protecting American Energy Production Act

Sponsor: August Pfluger (R-TX)

What it does

• Prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it.
• Expresses the sense of Congress that states should keep primary authority to regulate fracking for oil and gas on state and private lands.
• Describes fracking as injecting water, a propping agent such as sand, and chemical additives under pressure to fracture a formation and extract oil or gas.

Official 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.

Latest action

Feb 10, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources