Affirming that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 659 Affirming that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the President should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 29, 2019 Mr. BISHOP of Utah submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Affirming that States should maintain primacy for the regu- lation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands and that the Presi- dent should not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress. Resolved, That States should maintain primacy for 1 the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR659.IH HR659 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 659 IH gas production on State and private lands and that the 1 President should not declare a moratorium on the use of 2 hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands (including the Outer 3 Continental Shelf), State lands, private lands, or lands 4 held in trust for an Indian Tribe unless such moratorium 5 is authorized by an Act of Congress. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR659.IH HR659 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS