,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ahg #aacth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bgbh
 ,report ,no4 #aac-bfa ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#ah1 #bjac,mr4 ,flores 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,mr4 ,hastings of        
,washington1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 and ,mrs4   
,lummis7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,november #ab1     
#bjac;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4        
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,fleming1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 
,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,hensarling1 ,mr4 
,radel1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4     
,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,pearce1    
,mr4 ,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4      
,barletta1 ,mr4 ,woodall1 ,mr4 ,carter1 
,mr4 ,farenthold1 and ,mr4 ,hudson      
,november #ab1 #bjac,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced

 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,july #ah1 #bjac  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
recognize ,states' authority to regulate
 oil and gas operations and promote     
,american energy security1 development1 
and job creation4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting ,states' ,rights to ,promote
 ,american ,energy ,security ,act4  #b4 
,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 land regardless of whether     
those rules are duplicative1 more or    
less restrictive1 shall have different  
requirements1 or do not meet ,federal   
guidelines4  7c7 ,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  #c4 ,tribal 

authority on trust land ,the ,department
 of the ,interior shall not enforce any 
,federal regulation1 guidance1 or permit
 requirement regarding the underground  
injection of fluids or propping agents  
as part of the hydraulic fracturing     
process1 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  ,november  
#ab1 #bjac,reported with an amendment1  
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed