,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #bc         
7legislative day1 ,january #c71         
#bjbc,mr4 ,mullin introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
clarify that a ,state has the sole      
authority to regulate hydraulic         
fracturing on ,federal land within the  
boundaries of the ,state4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fracturing ,regulations are ,effective 
in ,state ,hands ,act or the ,,fresh    
,act4  #b4 ,definition of ,federal land 
,in this ,act1 the term ,federal land   
means-- 7#a7 public lands 7as defined in
 section #ajc of the ,federal ,land     
,policy and ,management ,act of #aigf   
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #agjb772  7#b7 ,national 
,forest ,system land2  7#c7 land under  
the jurisdiction of the ,bureau of      
,reclamation2 and  7#d7 land under the  
jurisdiction of the ,corps of           

,engineers4  #c4 ,state authority  7a7  
,in general ,a ,state shall have the    
sole authority to promulgate or enforce 
any regulation1 guidance1 or permit     
requirement regarding the treatment of a
 well by the application of fluids under
 pressure to which propping agents may  
be added for the expressly designed     
purpose of initiating or propagating    
fractures in a target geologic formation
 in order to enhance production of oil1 
natural gas1 or geothermal production   
activities on or under any land within  
the boundaries of the ,state4  7b7      
,federal land ,the treatment of a well  
by the application of fluids under      
pressure to which propping agents may be
 added for the expressly designed       
purpose of initiating or propagating    
fractures in a target geologic formation
 in order to enhance production of oil1 
natural gas1 or geothermal production   
activities on ,federal land shall be    
subject to the law of the ,state in     
which the land is located4