S. 3459 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To prohibit a Federal agency from promulgating any rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Prohibition on promulgating any rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States

(a)

Definition of hydraulic fracturing— In this section, the term hydraulic fracturing means a process that—

(1)

stimulates or increases the production and ultimate recovery of oil or natural gas from a well by pumping a fluid and a proppant (such as sand or similar material) at high pressure into a well to create fractures in the reservoir that the proppant holds open; and

(2)

increases the surface of the formation available for oil and natural gas to flow into the wellbore.

(b)

Prohibition— No Federal agency may propose, implement, or finalize a rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States.

To prohibit a Federal agency from promulgating any rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Prohibition on promulgating any rule or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States

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