,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,soto introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,mineral       
,leasing ,act to authorize the          
,secretary of the ,interior to regulate 
hydraulic fracturing operations on      
,federal lands1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,authority of ,,blm to regulate     
hydraulic fracturing operations  7a7    
,authority of ,,blm ,to regulate        
hydraulic fracturing operations ,the    
,mineral ,leasing ,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4   
#aha et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 by      
redesignating section #dd as section    
#de2 and  7#b7 by adding after section  

#dc the following3  #dd4 ,hydraulic     
fracturing operations  7a7 ,regulatory  
authority ,the ,secretary of the        
,interior1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,bureau of ,land ,management1    
shall regulate hydraulic fracturing     
operations on ,federal lands under the  
administration of such ,secretary with  
respect to the purposes of this ,act4   
7b7 ,requirements on operators ,the     
,secretary of the ,interior1 acting     
through the ,director of the ,bureau of 
,land ,management1 shall require as a   
condition of receiving a permit or other
 authorization under this section an    
operator to--  7#a7 conduct baseline    
water testing2 and  7#b7 disclose to the
 public on an internet website the      
chemicals used by such operator to      
conduct hydraulic fracturing operations4
  7c7 ,definition of hydraulic          
fracturing operations ,the term         
hydraulic fracturing operations-- 7#a7  
means those operations conducted in an  
individual wellbore designed to increase

 the flow of hydrocarbons from the rock 
formation to the wellbore through       
modifying the permeability of reservoir 
rock by applying fluids under pressure  
to fracture it2 and  7#b7 does not      
include enhanced secondary recovery such
 as water flooding1 tertiary recovery1  
recovery through steam injection1 or    
other types of well stimulation         
operations such as acidizing4  4  7b7   
,definition of underground injection    
,section #adba7;d77#a77;,b7 of the ,safe
 ,drinking ,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cjj;h7d77#a77;,b77 is amended to read  
as follows3  7,b7 ,excludes the         
underground injection of natural gas for
 purposes of storage4  4