# 114-hr-6508: Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act

114-hr-6508, Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6508
- Congress: 114
- Title: Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2016-12-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring regulations for state underground injection programs to include provisions designed to prevent the occurrence of seismicity induced by underground injection activities. The bill redefines "underground injection" to include the subsurface emplacement of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing 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. The Environmental Protection Agency must review approved state underground injection programs at least once every five years.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6498: Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6485: Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens through Workforce Advancement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6452: Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
- 114-hr-6424: NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6423: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-6508 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6508)

## Related
- [114-hr-6498: Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6498)
- [114-hr-6485: Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens through Workforce Advancement Act…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6485)
- [114-hr-6452: Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6452)
- [114-hr-6424: NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6424)
- [114-hr-6423: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6423)
- [114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6382)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6508 (as of 2025-11-18).