,,ii  ,cal5d> ,no4 #bci  #aag?          
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #cdei    
,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,! ,,unit$ ,,/ates 
,janu>y #aj1 #bjbb ,mr4 ,cram] introduc$
 ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read ! fir/ "t    
,janu>y #ah1 #bjbb ,read ! second "t &  
plac$ on ! cal5d>  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
prohibit a ,f$]al ag5cy f promulgat+ any
 rule or guidance t bans hydraulic      
fractur+ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 & = o!r     
purposes4  #a4 ,prohibition on          
promulgat+ any rule or guidance t bans  
hydraulic fractur+ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates    
7a7 ,def9ition ( hydraulic fractur+ ,9  
?is section1 ! t]m hydraulic fractur+   
means a process t-- 7#a7 /imulates or   
increases ! production & ultimate       
recov]y ( oil or natural gas f a well by
 pump+ a fluid & a proppant 7su* z s& or
 simil> mat]ial7 at high pressure into a
 well to create fractures 9 ! res]voir t
 ! proppant holds op52 &  7#b7 increases
 ! surface ( ! =mation available = oil &
 natural gas to fl[ into ! wellbore4    
7b7 ,prohibition ,no ,f$]al ag5cy may   

propose1 implem5t1 or f9alize a rule or 
guidance t bans hydraulic fractur+ 9 !  
,unit$ ,/ates4  ,janu>y #ah1 #bjbb ,read
 ! second "t & plac$ on ! cal5d>