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                              NOVEMBER 13, 2013 

 
                       RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 113-27 

                 H.R. 2728, PROTECTING STATES' RIGHTS TO 

                   PROMOTE AMERICAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT 


       [Showing the texts of H.R. 2728, as reported by the Committee 
         on Natural Resources, and H.R. 2850, as reported by 
         the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.] 


1 TITLE I-STATE AUTHORITY FOR 

2        HYDRAULIC FRACTURING 

3                  REGULATION 

4 SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE. 

5     This title may be cited as the "Protecting States' 

6 Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act". 

7 SEC. 102. STATE AUTHORITY FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING 

8                       REGULATION. 

9 The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is 

10 amended by redesignating section 44 as section 45, and 

11 by inserting after section 43 the following: 

12 "SEC. 44. STATE AUTHORITY FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING 

13                      REGULATION. 

14 "(a) IN GENERAL.-The Department of the Interior 

15 shall not enforce any Federal regulation, guidance, or per-

16 mit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing, or any 

17 component of that process, relating to oil, gas, or geo-


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