,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #daa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november 
#g1 #bjai,mr4 ,toomey 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,barrasso7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources  ,,resolution  ,affirming    
that ,states maintain primacy for the   
regulation of hydraulic fracturing for  
oil and natural gas production on ,state
 and private lands1 that the ,president 
has no authority to declare a moratorium
 on the use of hydraulic fracturing on  
,state and private lands1 and that the  
,president should not attempt to declare
 a moratorium on the use of hydraulic   
fracturing on ,federal lands 7including 
the ,outer ,continental ,shelf7 or lands
 held in trust for an ,indian ,tribe1   
unless the moratorium is authorized by  
an ,act of ,congress4  ,that-- 7#a7     
,states maintain primacy for the        
regulation of hydraulic fracturing for  
oil and natural gas production on ,state

 and private lands2  7#b7 the ,president
 has no authority to declare a          
moratorium on the use of hydraulic      
fracturing on ,state and private lands2 
and  7#c7 the ,president should not     
attempt to declare a moratorium on the  
use of hydraulic fracturing on ,federal 
lands 7including the ,outer ,continental
 ,shelf7 or lands held in trust for an  
,indian ,tribe1 unless the moratorium is
 authorized by an ,act of ,congress4