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Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] · R–PA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-13 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would limit how three river-basin commissions regulate hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking. They could not finalize, implement, or enforce fracking-related regulations issued under authority other than that of the state where the regulation would apply. This restriction would override conflicting provisions in the named river-basin compacts, which are agreements governing the commissions.
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.
Section 1 would name the bill the Denying Regulatory Interference with Landowners and Legislatures Now Act, or DRILL Now Act.
This Act may be cited as the Denying Regulatory Interference with Landowners and Legislatures Now Act or the DRILL Now Act.
Section 2 would add a new subsection to section 5019 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. The restriction would apply despite provisions of the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basin Compacts.
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 restriction would bind the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission, and Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. It covers finalizing, implementing, and enforcing regulations related to fracking. It does not categorically prohibit all such regulations: the restriction turns on whether they rely on authority other than that of the state where they would be implemented or enforced.
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.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated May 2, 2025, records introduction in the House and referrals to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on February 13, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-05-02T14:04:15Z. 2025-02-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. 2025-02-13: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2025-02-13: Introduced in House
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