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

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Explore the details of House Bill 6116 Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2025 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Environmental Protection. Stay informed on legislative developments.

12/4/2025, 3:45 PM

Summary of Bill HR 6116

The Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2025, designated as H.R. 6116 in the 119th Congress and introduced on November 18, 2025, aims to ensure access to safe hydration during energy development activities. The bill likely includes provisions related to water safety standards, protection of water sources, and requirements for hydration infrastructure in energy development projects. Specific directives could involve guidelines for companies operating in the energy sector to prioritize safe drinking water access for workers and nearby communities. For further details, the full text and official PDF version of the bill can be accessed through the provided links.

Congressional Summary of HR 6116

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

This bill requires hydraulic fracturing operations to test for and report on underground sources of drinking water that are contaminated by such operations. 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 geological formation.

Specifically, this bill modifies requirements governing state underground injection control programs. In order to obtain primary enforcement responsibility for such programs, states must prohibit the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities unless the hydraulic fracturing operations agree to test for and report on contamination of drinking water.

Hydraulic fracturing operations are exempted from those testing and reporting requirements if there is no accessible underground source of drinking water within a radius of one mile of the site where the operations occur.

The Environmental Protection Agency must establish and maintain a publicly accessible and searchable database of the testing results.

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Current Status of Bill HR 6116

Bill HR 6116 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since November 18, 2025. Bill HR 6116 was introduced during Congress 119 and was introduced to the House on November 18, 2025. Bill HR 6116's most recent activity was Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. as of November 18, 2025

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Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 6116

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Environmental Protection

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 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.