The U.S. House has approved the Lower Energy Costs Act, intended to help boost domestic oil production. Congressman Tim Walberg says the package reforms the permitting process for energy infrastructure and prohibits the president from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. It also includes a bill from Walberg.
“Included in the legislation was my bill, the PIPES Act, which would prevent executive overreach from shutting down safe and essential pipelines, like Line 5, without congressional approval,” Walberg said.
The Republican legislation would also require the Department of the Interior to resume sales for the leasing of oil and gas resources on federal lands and water, eliminate restrictions on the import and export of oil and natural gas, and repeal royalties and fee increases on energy production. Walberg says the bill would “reverse actions by the Biden administration, and unleash domestic energy production.”
