[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 178 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 411--AFFIRMING THAT STATES MAINTAIN PRIMACY FOR THE 
 REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
  ON STATE AND PRIVATE LANDS, THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO 
 DECLARE A MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ON STATE AND 
 PRIVATE LANDS, AND THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DECLARE A 
    MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ON FEDERAL LANDS 
 (INCLUDING THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF) OR LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR AN 
INDIAN TRIBE, UNLESS THE MORATORIUM IS AUTHORIZED BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS

  Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources:

                              S. Res. 411

       Resolved, That--
       (1) States maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic 
     fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and 
     private lands;
       (2) the President has no authority to declare a moratorium 
     on the use of hydraulic fracturing on State and private 
     lands; and
       (3) the President should not attempt to declare a 
     moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal 
     lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf) or lands held 
     in trust for an Indian Tribe, unless the moratorium is 
     authorized by an Act of Congress.

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