Prevents Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing

Protecting American Energy Production Act 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.

1. This bill stops the President from banning hydraulic fracturing without Congress's approval. 2. States will continue to control regulations for hydraulic fracturing on their own lands. 3. Hydraulic fracturing is a method used to extract oil and natural gas. 4. The bill emphasizes the importance of energy production for the economy.

This bill affects oil and natural gas companies, state governments, and workers in the energy sector.