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On the recordMarch 20, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Levin of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1121 to the Committee on Natural Resources. The material previously referred to by Mr. Levin is as follows: Mr. Levin of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1121 to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith, with the following amendment: At the end, add the following: SEC. 3. REGULATION OF FRACKING ON FEDERAL LANDS. Section 2(b) shall not take effect until the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, finalizes regulations governing the use of hydraulic fracturing under oil and gas leases for Federal lands, which shall require-- (1) baseline water testing, the results of which shall be posted on an appropriate internet website; and (2) public disclosure of each chemical used for hydraulic fracturing on an appropriate internet website. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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