H.R. 26Protecting American Energy Production Act

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Sponsor: August Pfluger [R-TX-11]
Cosponsors: 18 · 18 Republicans
Policy area: Energy
Committees: Natural Resources Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee · and 1 more
Latest action: Feb 10, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

IntroducedJan 3, 2025
Passed the HouseFeb 7, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy (authority) for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.

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 formation.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 26 as introduced in House on Jan 3, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Feb 7, 2025Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 7, 2025

How every member votedHouse roll call 35

House Feb 7, 2025 · the primary vote

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Protecting American Energy Production Act

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226 Yea 188 Nay 19 not voting

Party-line vote 16 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 16 Democrats.

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All members433 members

Democratic215 members

Independent1 member

Republican217 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors18 · 18 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 26 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 26Protecting American Energy Production Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

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How every member votedHouse roll call 35

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How the chamber split

Cosponsors18 · 18 Republicans

H.R. 26Protecting American Energy Production Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 262 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 35

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How the chamber split

Cosponsors18 · 18 Republicans

Who lobbied on H.R. 264 organizations

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