Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium (Sec. 2).

• Establishes the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy (authority) for regulating hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands (Sec. 2).

• Defines “hydraulic fracturing, or fracking” as a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that provisions of this bill shall take effect upon passage and approval by the President (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text