[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6235 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6235

To delay further action on the proposed rule regarding well stimulation 
   on Federal and Indian lands until such date the Secretary of the 
   Interior submits a report examining certain effects of such rule.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2012

  Mr. Flores introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To delay further action on the proposed rule regarding well stimulation 
   on Federal and Indian lands until such date the Secretary of the 
   Interior submits a report examining certain effects of such rule.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Lands Energy Regulatory 
Certainty Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. DELAY OF FURTHER ACTION ON PROPOSED RULE REGARDING WELL 
              STIMULATION ON FEDERAL AND INDIAN LANDS UNTIL REPORT 
              SUBMITTED.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior may not, before the date of the submission of 
the report under subsection (b)(2)(C), take any action to finalize or 
otherwise implement provisions contained in the proposed rule entitled 
``Oil and Gas; Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on 
Federal and Indian Lands'' (77 Fed. Reg. 27691 (May 11, 2012)).
    (b) Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior may conduct a 
        study, with respect to each year of the 10-year period 
        immediately following the date of the enactment of this Act, on 
        each of the following:
                    (A) The anticipated expenditure of resources by the 
                Bureau of Land Management for such year if the rule 
                described in subsection (a) is applied, as compared to 
                the anticipated expenditure of such resources for such 
                year if such rule is not applied.
                    (B) The anticipated rates of development and 
                production of oil and natural gas resources in the 
                United States for such year if the rule described in 
                subsection (a) is applied, as compared to such 
                anticipated rates for such year if such rule is not 
                applied.
                    (C) The anticipated revenue to the Treasury 
                resulting from the development and production of oil 
                and natural gas resources for such year if the rule 
                described in subsection (a) is applied, as compared to 
                such anticipated revenue for such year if such rule is 
                not applied.
                    (D) Any potential conflicts that may exist between 
                the rule described in subsection (a) and State and 
                Federal regulations that are in existence as of the 
                date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Report.--If the Secretary of the Interior completes the 
        study described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
                    (A) not later than October 31, 2012, submit to the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate (and make publicly available) a 
                preliminary report containing the results of the study 
                conducted under paragraph (1);
                    (B) solicit public comments regarding the 
                preliminary report submitted under subparagraph (A) for 
                a period of 120 days after the submission of such 
                preliminary report to both such Committees; and
                    (C) not later than May 1, 2013, submit to Congress 
                a final report containing the results of the study 
                conducted under paragraph (1), including any revisions 
                to the preliminary report made as a result of public 
                comments submitted pursuant to subparagraph (B), and a 
                response to such comments.
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