Sponsor
Lauren Boebert
Representative · R-CO
The bill preserves state control and industry regulatory predictability for fracking but limits the federal government's ability to impose an emergency nationwide moratorium, risking uneven environmental protections and slower national responses to emergent harms.
Energy companies and their workers keep predictable, state-level permitting and regulatory regimes for hydraulic fracturing, reducing regulatory uncertainty for the industry.
State governments retain primary regulatory control over hydraulic fracturing on state and private lands, preserving local authority and regulatory consistency.
Residents and communities in states with weaker fracking rules may face higher pollution and public-health risks because the bill prevents a uniform, stronger federal standard.
The federal government (and thus all Americans) could be slower to respond to a newly discovered nationwide public-health or environmental emergency from fracking because the President cannot impose an emergency nationwide moratorium without Congress.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Blocks the President from declaring a nationwide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress expressly authorizes it and affirms state primacy over fracking on state/private lands.
Representative · R-CO
Prohibits the President from imposing a nationwide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) unless Congress enacts a law expressly authorizing such a moratorium, and states that primary regulatory authority over fracking on state and private lands should remain with the states. It names the law the "Protecting American Energy Production Act." This measure limits executive authority over fracking and affirms state control over regulation on non-federal lands.
Official title: To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Lauren Boebert · Last progress January 3, 2025