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  • H. R. 1121, known as the “Protecting American Energy Production Act,” aims to prevent the President from declaring a ban on hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, unless Congress authorizes it. The bill emphasizes that states should have the primary authority to...

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    H. R. 1121 is a bill that says the President can't stop a way to get energy called fracking unless Congress says it's okay, and it wants each state to make its own rules about fracking on its land.