,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,pocan 7for himself and ,ms4       
,schakowsky7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to ban hydraulic fracturing on 
land owned by the ,united ,states and   
leased to a third party1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protect ,our       
,public ,lands ,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting  
hydraulic fracturing under ,federal     
leases ,the ,mineral ,leasing ,act is   
amended by inserting after section #cg  
7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #aic7 the following3     
#ch4 ,no hydraulic fracturing on leased 
land  7a7 ,in general ,any lease issued1
 renewed1 or readjusted under this ,act 
shall prohibit the lessee from          
conducting any activity under the lease 
for the purpose of hydraulic fracturing4
  7b7 ,definition of hydraulic          
fracturing ,in this section1 the term   

hydrauling fracturing means an operation
 conducted in an individual wellbore    
designed to increase the flow of        
hydrocarbons from a rock formation to   
the wellbore through modifying the      
permeability of reservoir rock by       
fracturing it1 except that such term    
does not include enhanced secondary     
recovery1 including water flooding1     
tertiary recovery1 and other types of   
well stimulation operations4  4  #c4    
,application  ,the amendment made by    
section #b shall not apply to a lease in
 effect on the date of the enactment of 
this ,act until the renewal or          
adjustment of the lease4