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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To direct the Secretary of Energy to restrict certain grants to any State that has in effect a law prohibiting hydraulic fracturing within such State, and for other purposes.
Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To direct the Secretary of Energy to restrict certain grants to any State that has in effect a law prohibiting hydraulic fracturing within such State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Freedom to Frack Act”.
SEC. 2. Prohibition on hydraulic fracturing.
Section 545(c) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17155) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(6) INELIGIBILITY.—A State may not be eligible for a grant under the program if such State establishes or continues to enforce a prohibition of hydraulic fracturing, as defined in section 60.5430a of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), within such State.”.