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Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 12, 2020
Latest Action
February 21, 2020
Primary Sponsor
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDemocratic(NY)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
67pct
9d open
vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d
Fracking Ban Act This bill phases out hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation. The bill prohibits federal agencies from issuing permits for the expansion of fracking or fracked oil and natural gas infrastructure, including infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil. In addition, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to complete a survey of all oil and natural gas wells to identify the wells where fracking is, or has been, used. The survey must include a variety of data, including data on the proximity of fracking operations to inhabited structures (e.g., homes or schools). Beginning on February 1, 2021, the bill revokes permits for wells where fracking is, or has been, used within 2,500 feet of inhabited structures. The bill bans all fracking on onshore and offshore land by 2025. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a Just Transition Committee to make recommendations on ensuring the health and safety of individuals residing in, and the prosperity of, natural gas- and oil-producing regions during the phaseout of fracking.
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Filing registrants (4)
2020 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
H.R.5857 - Fracking Ban Act FERC; NEPA; Corporate Immunity DOE Title XVII; appropriations HR 8312- Future Generations Protection Act National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Opposition to Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020 Resources for Workforce Investment, Not Drilling (ReWIND) Act HR 5857: Fracking Ban Act S. 3247: Fracking Ban Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $5,843
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
EU-US LNG EXPORTS; S. 704 European Security and Diversification Act of 2019 Carbon Pricing Climate Change HR 1417 Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019; PG AND E, FACTORY FARMS H.CON.RES 52/S. Con Res 22: Declaration of Climate Emergency VA 100% climate bill Interior Appropriations HR 5542,To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for States to provide incentives to natural gas distribution companies for the improvement of natural gas distribution systems, and for other purposes. S. 1830 Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe Act of 2019. S. 3247: Fracking Ban Act Fossil fuel bailout coronavirus emergency aid package Energy on Public Lands HR 5857 Fracking Ban Act; FERC
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
1. H.R.4447 - Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019, opposition to entire bill, support for amendments that would increase funding for renewables and environmental justice, opposition to amendments that would fund carbon, capture and storage, nuclear, and other harmful, extractive industries 2. S.3611 - Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling (ReWIND) Act, support for entire bill 3. H.R.6707 - Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling (ReWIND) Act, support for entire bill 4. H.R.5857 - Fracking Ban Act, support for entire bill 5. H.R.7781 - End Polluter Welfare Act, support for entire bill 6. H.R.4961 - Standing Against Dirty Diplomacy (SADD) Act, support for entire bill
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
1. S.3611 - Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling (ReWIND) Act, support for entire bill 2. H.R.6707 - Resources for Workforce Investments, Not Drilling (ReWIND) Act, support for entire bill 3. H.R.6289 - Stop Trumps Oil Payoff (STOP) Act of 2020, support for entire bill 4. S.3488 - Stop Trumps Oil Payoff (STOP) Act of 2020, support for entire bill 5. H.R.5857 - Fracking Ban Act, support for entire bill 6. S.3247 - Fracking Ban Act, support for entire bill 7. H. R. 4961 - Standing Against Dirty Diplomacy (SADD) Act, support for entire bill
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
HOUSE: H.R. 3473: Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act (Support) H.R. 3961: Renewable Energy Extension Act of 2019 (Support) H.R. 4014: FRAC Act (Support) H.R. 5221: 100% Clean Economy Act 2019 (Support) H.R. 5857: Fracking Ban Act (Support) H.R. 6167: Investing in State Energy Act (Watching) H.R. 6289: Stop Trump's Oil Payoff Act(Support) SENATE: S. 1064: Appalachian Energy for National Security Act (Watching) S. 2299: PIPES Act of 2019 (Watching) S. 2657: American Energy Innovation Act(Oppose) S. 3247: Fracking Ban Act(Support) S. 3269: Clean Economy Act of 2020 (Support) S. 704: European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 (Watching)
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R.5857 - Fracking Ban Act Fossil fuel phaseout strategies
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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| Ayanna Pressley | Democratic | MA |
| Barbara Lee | Democratic | CA |
| Bonnie Watson Coleman | Democratic | NJ |
| Chellie Pingree | Democratic | ME |
| Danny K. Davis | Democratic | IL |
| Darren Soto | Democratic | FL |
| Ilhan Omar | Democratic | MN |
| Jerrold Nadler | Democratic | NY |
| Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Democratic | IL |
| Mark DeSaulnier | Democratic | CA |
| Mike Quigley | Democratic | IL |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán | Democratic | CA |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | Democratic | NY |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic | AZ |
| Ted Lieu | Democratic | CA |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic | NY |
| Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | CA |