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H.R.2850

H.R.2850: EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act

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About This Bill

This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
This bill is primarily about environmental protection
Introduced July 30, 2013
Latest Major Action Oct. 23, 2013

Bill Sponsor

Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

Bill Cosponsors

2 (All Republicans)

Bill Summary

EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conducting the study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, with respect to which a request for information was issued in November 2012, to: prior to issuance and dissemination of any final or interim report summarizing EPA research on such relationship, consider such reports to be...

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
Oct. 23, 2013	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
Oct. 23, 2013	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 113-252.
Aug. 1, 2013	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Aug. 1, 2013	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
July 30, 2013	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
July 30, 2013	Introduced in the House by Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

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