[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 194 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1621. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1618 proposed by Mr. Hatch (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. OPTION FOR STATE REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC 
                   FRACTURING.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``Federal 
     land'' means--
       (1) public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); and
       (2) land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
     Reclamation.
       (b) Option of State Regulation.--On payment to the 
     Secretary of the Interior of a fee of $1,000 per well, the 
     operator of a well on any Federal land within the boundaries 
     of the State may opt into the State regulatory scheme under 
     which the State shall have the sole authority to promulgate 
     or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement 
     relating to the treatment of the well by the application of 
     fluids under pressure to which propping agents may or may not 
     be added for the expressly designed purpose of initiating or 
     propagating fractures in a target geologic formation in order 
     to enhance production of oil, natural gas, or geothermal 
     production activities.
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