Protecting American Energy Production Act
This bill prevents the president from issuing an executive ban or moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, for oil and natural gas. For any nationwide halt on fracking to take effect, Congress would have to pass a law specifically approving it. The legislation also establishes that state governments, rather than federal regulators, should continue to oversee and enforce rules for fracking on private and state-owned lands.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Oil and gas producers using hydraulic fracturingSection 2(b) protects oil and natural gas companies that use hydraulic fracturing from unilateral executive moratoria or bans, ensuring they cannot be halted by presidential action alone.
Who it burdens
- The PresidentSection 2(b) restricts presidential authority by barring the President from declaring a moratorium or ban on hydraulic fracturing without explicit authorization from an Act of Congress.
The provisions, in plain language.
Expresses the sense of Congress that state governments should continue to have primary authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil and natural gas on state and private lands.
Bars the President from banning or placing a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless authorized by an act of Congress.