The President would be blocked from banning hydraulic fracturing—the drilling technique where water, sand, and chemicals are pumped underground at high pressure to crack open rock and release oil or gas—unless Congress specifically votes to allow such a ban. It also states Congress's opinion that individual states, not the federal government, should keep the main authority to set the rules for fracking on state and private land. In practice, this affects oil and gas companies, landowners, and state regulators, since it limits presidential power over fracking policy and favors state-level control over federal control.