Protecting American Energy Production Act

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

Feb 10, 2025

The Protecting American Energy Production Act prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should retain primary authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that extracts oil or gas by injecting water, sand, and chemical additives into a well under pressure to fracture rock 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 (authority) 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.