,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #bee #aacth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bgbh
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,november #ba1       
#bjac,received2 read the first time     
,december #i1 #bjac,read the second time
 and placed on the calendar  ,,an ,,act 
,to recognize ,states' authority to     
regulate oil and gas operations and     
promote ,american energy security1      
development1 and job creation4  ,i      
,state ,authority ,for ,hydraulic       
,fracturing ,regulation  #aja4 ,short   
title ,this title may be cited as the   
,protecting ,states' ,rights to ,promote
 ,american ,energy ,security ,act4      
#ajb4 ,state authority for hydraulic    
fracturing regulation ,the ,mineral     
,leasing ,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #aha et    
seq47 is amended by redesignating       
section #dd as section #de1 and by      
inserting after section #dc the         
following3  #dd4 ,state authority for   
hydraulic fracturing regulation  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,department of the        

,interior shall not enforce any ,federal
 regulation1 guidance1 or permit        
requirement regarding hydraulic         
fracturing1 or any component of that    
process1 relating to oil1 gas1 or       
geothermal production activities on or  
under any land in any ,state that has   
regulations1 guidance1 or permit        
requirements for that activity4  7b7    
,state authority ,the ,department of the
 ,interior shall recognize and defer to 
,state regulations1 permitting1 and     
guidance1 for all activities related to 
hydraulic fracturing1 or any component  
of that process1 relating to oil1 gas1  
or geothermal production activities on  
,federal land4  7c7 ,transparency of    
,state regulations  7#a7 ,in general    
,each ,state shall submit to the ,bureau
 of ,land ,management a copy of its     
regulations that apply to hydraulic     
fracturing operations on ,federal land4 
7#b7 ,availability ,the ,secretary of   
the ,interior shall make available to   
the public ,state regulations submitted 

under this subsection4  7d7             
,transparency of ,state disclosure      
requirements  7#a7 ,in general ,each    
,state shall submit to the ,bureau of   
,land ,management a copy of any         
regulations of the ,state that require  
disclosure of chemicals used in         
hydraulic fracturing operations on      
,federal land4  7#b7 ,availability ,the 
,secretary of the ,interior shall make  
available to the public ,state          
regulations submitted under this        
subsection4  7e7 ,hydraulic fracturing  
defined ,in this section the term       
hydraulic fracturing means the process  
by which fracturing fluids 7or a        
fracturing fluid system7 are pumped into
 an underground geologic formation at a 
calculated1 predetermined rate and      
pressure to generate fractures or cracks
 in the target formation and thereby    
increase the permeability of the rock   
near the wellbore and improve production
 of natural gas or oil4  4  #ajc4       
,government ,accountability ,office     

study  7a7 ,study ,the ,comptroller     
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
conduct a study examining the economic  
benefits of domestic shale oil and gas  
production resulting from the process of
 hydraulic fracturing4 ,this study will 
include identification of-- 7#a7 ,state 
and ,federal revenue generated as a     
result of shale gas production2  7#b7   
jobs created both directly and          
indirectly as a result of shale oil and 
gas production2 and  7#c7 an estimate of
 potential energy prices without        
domestic shale oil and gas production4  
7b7 ,report ,the ,comptroller ,general  
shall submit a report on the findings of
 such study to the ,committee on        
,natural ,resources of the ,house of    
,representatives within #cj days after  
completion of the study4  #ajd4 ,tribal 
authority on trust land ,the ,department
 of the ,interior shall not enforce any 
,federal regulation1 guidance1 or permit
 requirement regarding the process of   
hydraulic fracturing 7as that term is   

defined in section #dd of the ,mineral  
,leasing ,act1 as amended by section    
#ajb of this ,act71 or any component of 
that process1 relating to oil1 gas1 or  
geothermal production activities on any 
land held in trust or restricted status 
for the benefit of ,indians except with 
the express consent of the beneficiary  
on whose behalf such land is held in    
trust or restricted status4  ,,ii ,,epa 
,,hydraulic ,,fracturing ,,research     
#bja4 ,short title ,this title may be   
cited as the ,,epa ,hydraulic           
,fracturing ,study ,improvement ,act4   
#bjb4 ,epa hydraulic fracturing research
 ,in conducting its study of the        
potential impacts of hydraulic          
fracturing on drinking water resources1 
with respect to which a request for     
information was issued under ,federal   
,register ,vol4 #gg1 ,no4 #bah1 the     
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall adhere to the 
following requirements3 7#a7 ,peer      
review and information quality ,prior to

 issuance and dissemination of any final
 report or any interim report           
summarizing the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency's research on the   
relationship between hydraulic          
fracturing and drinking water1 the      
,administrator shall-- 7,a7 consider    
such reports to be ,highly ,influential 
,scientific ,assessments and require    
peer review of such reports in          
accordance with guidelines governing    
such assessments1 as described in-- 7i7 
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency's
 ,peer ,review ,handbook #crd ,edition2 
7ii7 the ,environmental ,protection     
,agency's ,scientific ,integrity        
,policy1 as in effect on the date of    
enactment of this ,act2 and  7iii7 the  
,office of ,management and ,budget's    
,peer ,review ,bulletin1 as in effect on
 the date of enactment of this ,act2 and
  7,b7 require such reports to meet the 
standards and procedures for the        
dissemination of influential scientific1
 financial1 or statistical information  

set forth in the ,environmental         
,protection ,agency's ,guidelines for   
,ensuring and ,maximizing the ,quality1 
,objectivity1 ,utility1 and ,integrity  
of ,information ,disseminated by the    
,environmental ,protection ,agency1     
developed in response to guidelines     
issued by the ,office of ,management and
 ,budget under section #eae7;a7 of the  
,treasury and ,general ,government      
,appropriations ,act for ,fiscal ,year  
#bjja 7,public ,law #ajf-eed74  7#b7    
,probability1 uncertainty1 and          
consequence ,in order to maximize the   
quality and utility of information      
developed through the study1 the        
,administrator shall ensure that        
identification of the possible impacts  
of hydraulic fracturing on drinking     
water resources included in such reports
 be accompanied by objective estimates  
of the probability1 uncertainty1 and    
consequence of each identified impact1  
taking into account the risk management 
practices of ,states and industry4      

,estimates or descriptions of           
probability1 uncertainty1 and           
consequence shall be as quantitative as 
possible given the validity1 accuracy1  
precision1 and other quality attributes 
of the underlying data and analyses1 but
 no more quantitative than the data and 
analyses can support4  7#c7 ,release of 
final report ,the final report shall be 
publicly released by ,september #cj1    
#bjaf4  ,,iii ,miscellaneous provisions 
#cja4 ,review of ,state activities ,the 
,secretary of the ,interior shall       
annually review and report to ,congress 
on all ,state activities relating to    
hydraulic fracturing4  ,passed the      
,house of ,representatives ,november    
#bj1 #bjac4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk      
,december #i1 #bjac,read the second time
 and placed on the calendar