Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6116 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6116 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Morelle, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Casten, Mr. Carson, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Khanna, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Sherman, and Ms. Simon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. TESTING OF UNDERGROUND DRINKING WATER SOURCES IN CONNECTION WITH HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS. (a) In General.--Section 1421(b)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h(b)(1)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(E) shall prohibit the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities unless the person proposing to conduct the hydraulic fracturing operations agrees to conduct