3.0.0 2850 2023-01-11T13:24:00Z 2023-01-11T13:24:00Z House H HR 2013-07-30 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMITH of Texas:H.R. 2850.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H5174]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Reported by 2013-10-23T21:12:39Z Markup by 2013-08-01T13:14:45Z Referred to 2013-07-30T16:01:00Z H. Rept. 113-252 American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act 113 2 HR 2014-11-17 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. Related bill CRS Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act 113 4304 HR 2014-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Text similarities House American Renaissance in Manufacturing Act 113 5360 HR 2014-09-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. Related bill CRS 2013-10-23 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00179 2013-10-23 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 113-252. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2013-10-23 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 113-252. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2013-08-01 hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2013-08-01 hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2013-07-30 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2013-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 N S001192 Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] Chris Stewart R UT 2 2013-07-30 True L000571 Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 0 2013-07-30 True Environmental Protection Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Hydrology and hydrography Oil and gas Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2013-07-30 Introduced in House 2013-10-25T18:46:20Z EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conducting the study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, with respect to which a request for information was issued in November 2012, to:

  • prior to issuance and dissemination of any final or interim report summarizing EPA research on such relationship, consider such reports to be Highly Influential Scientific Assessments requiring peer review in accordance with specified EPA and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policy documents;
  • require the reports to meet the standards and procedures for the dissemination of influential scientific, financial, or statistical information set forth in the EPA's Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency, developed in response to guidelines issued by OMB under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001; and
  • ensure that identification of the possible impacts included in such reports be accompanied by objective estimates of the probability, uncertainty, and consequence of each identified impact, taking into account the risk management practices of states and industry, and that estimates or descriptions of probability, uncertainty, and consequence are as quantitative as possible given the validity, accuracy, precision, and other quality attributes of the underlying data and analyses, but no more quantitative than the data and analyses can support.
]]> 17 2013-10-23 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2013-10-25T18:50:45Z EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conducting the study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, with respect to which a request for information was issued in November 2012, to:

  • prior to issuance and dissemination of any final or interim report summarizing EPA research on such relationship, consider such reports to be Highly Influential Scientific Assessments requiring peer review in accordance with specified EPA and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policy documents;
  • require the reports to meet the standards and procedures for the dissemination of influential scientific, financial, or statistical information set forth in the EPA's Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency, developed in response to guidelines issued by OMB under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001; and
  • ensure that identification of the possible impacts included in such reports be accompanied by objective estimates of the probability, uncertainty, and consequence of each identified impact, taking into account the risk management practices of states and industry, and that estimates or descriptions of probability, uncertainty, and consequence are as quantitative as possible given the validity, accuracy, precision, and other quality attributes of the underlying data and analyses, but no more quantitative than the data and analyses can support.

Requires public release of the final report by September 30, 2016.

]]> EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act Display Title EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To require certain procedures in the conduct by the Environmental Protection Agency of its study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act Short Titles as Reported to House EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act H House Reported in House 2013-10-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2850rh/xml/BILLS-113hr2850rh.xml Introduced in House 2013-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2850ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2850ih.xml 2013-10-23 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.