Bill Details
HR.1341 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
Transportation and Public Works
Committees
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Cosponsors
6
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This bill would stop three river basin commissions from making or enforcing rules on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, unless those rules come from the state where they would apply. In simple terms, it shifts control over fracking regulation in the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins to the states instead of allowing these interstate commissions to set their own rules.
- It applies to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
- These commissions would not be allowed to finalize, enforce, or carry out fracking rules based on any authority other than the state’s own authority.
- The change would affect regulations tied to areas within the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1341 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1341
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to
certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the
Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, and
Mr. Reschenthaler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to
certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the
Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins, and for other
purposes.
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 ``Denying Regulatory Interference with
Landowners and Legislatures Now Act'' or the ``DRILL Now Act''.
SEC. 2. REGULATION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WITHIN THE SUSQUEHANNA,
DELAWARE, AND POTOMAC RIVER BASINS.
Section 5019 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public
Law 110-114) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing.--Notwithstanding any
provision of the Susquehanna River Basin Compact to which consent was
given by Public Law 91-575 (84 Stat. 1512), the Delaware River Basin
Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 87-328 (75 Stat. 691),
or the Potomac River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public
Law 91-407 (84 Stat. 856), the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the
Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin, as applicable, may not finalize, implement, or
enforce any regulation relating to hydraulic fracturing that is issued
pursuant to any authority other than that of the State in which the
regulation is to be implemented or enforced.''.
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