legislation: 115-hr-7211
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| 115-hr-7211 | 115 | hr | 7211 | To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to regulate hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal lands, and for other purposes. | Environmental Protection | 2018-11-30 | 2018-12-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] | FL | D | S001200 | 0 | This bill addresses requirements concerning hydraulic fracturing operations. 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 geological formation. Specifically, this bill subjects the underground injection of such fluids or propping agents to requirements governing drinking water. In addition, the bill: (1) requires the Bureau of Land Management to regulate hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land administered by the Department of the Interior, and (2) establishes permit requirements for such operations. | 2023-01-11T13:40:59Z |