3.0.0 3247 2022-02-08T23:16:09Z 2022-02-08T23:16:09Z Senate S 2020-01-28 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-01-28T17:34:02Z Fracking Ban Act 116 5857 HR 2020-02-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Identical bill CRS 2020-01-28 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2020-01-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-01-28 True Environmental Protection Aging Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Department of Labor Disability and paralysis Electric power generation and transmission Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Housing supply and affordability Licensing and registrations Oil and gas Pipelines Poverty and welfare assistance Racial and ethnic relations Rural conditions and development Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2020-01-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-10T15:14:52Z Fracking Ban Act

This bill phases out hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. 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 geological formation.

The bill prohibits federal agencies from issuing permits for the expansion of fracking or fracked oil and natural gas infrastructure, including infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil.

In addition, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to complete a survey of all oil and natural gas wells to identify the wells where fracking is, or has been, used. The survey must include a variety of data, including data on the proximity of fracking operations to inhabited structures (e.g., homes or schools).

Beginning on February 1, 2021, the bill revokes permits for wells where fracking is, or has been, used within 2,500 feet of inhabited structures. The bill bans all fracking on onshore and offshore land by 2025.

Finally, the bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a Just Transition Committee to make recommendations on ensuring the health and safety of individuals residing in, and the prosperity of, natural gas- and oil-producing regions during the phaseout of fracking.

]]> Fracking Ban Act Display Title Fracking Ban Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Fracking Ban Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3247is/xml/BILLS-116s3247is.xml 2020-01-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.