Protecting American Energy Production Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Mar 21, 2024

This bill prevents the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it. The bill expresses Congress's position that states should retain primary regulatory authority over hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that injects water, sand, and chemical additives into wells under high pressure to extract oil or gas from underground geological formations.

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Protecting American Energy Production Act This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation.