H.R. 133

Summary

H.R. 133, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R). It was referred to Natural Resources, and last saw action on Jan 3, 2025: 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.

Record

Text

H.R. 133 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 133 IH: Protecting American Energy Production Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-03
 text/xml
 EN
 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 133  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 3, 2025   Ms. Boebert  introduced the following bill; which was 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   A BILL
To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting American Energy Production Act  .
2.
Protecting American energy production
(a)
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands.
(b)
Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Sponsors

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) sponsors H.R. 133 alone.

Lauren Boebert

Rep. · R–CO-3 · Sponsor

Show 1 of 1 row

PreviousNext

Committees

H.R. 133 went before 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 395 Bills

Actions

H.R. 133 has taken 2 actions since Jan 3, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 133 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 133, as Identical bill.

HR 26Protecting American Energy Production ActFeb 10, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy a… · Identical bill

Show 1 of 1 row

PreviousNext

Titles

H.R. 133 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protecting American Energy Production Act — Display Title
• Protecting American Energy Production Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

7 clients hired 6 firms and 22 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 133 in 39 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Insurance, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Retirement, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 22.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 133 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 133’s is Energy.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 133 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional-executive branch relations to State and local government operations.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 133, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BOEBERT:H.R. 133.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8: The Congress shall have power to layand collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay thedebts and provide for the common defence and general welfareof the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excisesshall be uniform throughout the United StatesThe single subject of this legislation is:To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracking.[Page H40]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com