PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1402
PRINTER'S NO. 1791
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
131
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY STEELE, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, KHAN, WARREN, SANCHEZ,
PROBST, FRIEL, MALAGARI, BOROWSKI, PIELLI, SCOTT, VITALI,
KENYATTA, HOHENSTEIN, SHUSTERMAN, TAKAC, D. WILLIAMS,
SALISBURY, DONAHUE, SAPPEY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KRAJEWSKI,
CIRESI, MAYES, GREEN AND WEBSTER, MAY 31, 2023
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 29, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study to determine the amount of revenue that
Pennsylvania may have collected since the enactment of Act 13
of 2012 if the Commonwealth implemented a severance tax.
DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TO
CONDUCT A STUDY TO COMPARE IMPACT FEES AND SEVERANCE TAXES IN
THE LARGEST NATURAL GAS PRODUCING STATES AND EXAMINE THE
COMPETITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE FOR THE INDUSTRY IN THOSE
STATES.
WHEREAS, A large portion of the Marcellus Shale Basin, a
stretch of sedimentary rock several thousand feet underground,
over 400 million years old and containing a huge source of
natural gas and oil, sits within Pennsylvania's borders; and
WHEREAS, The Marcellus Shale is stretched amongst several
states, including New York, the western region of Maryland and
West Virginia, as well as the far eastern regions of Ohio,
Kentucky and Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, Since the early 1800s, Pennsylvania has been home to
nearly 40,000 active natural gas wells while approximately 4,000
new wells are drilled each year; and
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