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US HR5275

Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act


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Introduced
03/14/2018
In Committee
03/16/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to exempt air emissions from animal waste at a farm from specified release notification requirements, recordkeeping requirements, and associated penalties.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to exempt air emissions from animal waste at farms from certain release notification requirements, recordkeeping requirements, and associated penalties. The key terms defined in the bill are "animal waste," which includes feces, urine, and other excrement from animals, including when mixed with bedding, compost, or other materials, and "farm," which is a facility that produces or sells at least $1,000 of agricultural products per year.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Industry

Sponsors (93)

Billy Long (R)* Ralph Abraham (R),  Joe Barton (R),  Andy Biggs (R),  Rob Bishop (R),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Rod Blum (R),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Mike Bost (R),  Julia Brownley (D),  Ken Buck (R),  Bradley Byrne (R),  Liz Cheney (R),  Chris Collins (R),  Doug Collins (R),  K. Michael Conaway (R),  Jim Costa (D),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Rick Crawford (R),  Henry Cuellar (D),  Warren Davidson (R),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Jeff Denham (R),  Sean Duffy (R),  Tom Emmer (R),  Jeff Fortenberry (R),  Mike Gallagher (R),  John Garamendi (D),  Greg Gianforte (R),  Bob Gibbs (R),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Bob Goodlatte (R),  Sam Graves (R),  Glenn Grothman (R),  Gregg Harper (R),  Andy Harris (R),  Vicky Hartzler (R),  Trey Hollingsworth (R),  Bill Huizenga (R),  Lynn Jenkins (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Ron Kind (D),  Steve King (R),  Ann Kuster (D),  David Kustoff (R),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Jason Lewis (R),  Blaine Luetkemeyer (R),  Tom Marino (R),  Roger Marshall (R),  David McKinley (R),  Paul Mitchell (I),  John Moolenaar (R),  Markwayne Mullin (R),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Kristi Noem (R),  Tom O'Halleran (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Stevan Pearce (R),  Scott Perry (R),  Collin Peterson (D),  John Ratcliffe (R),  James Renacci (R),  Martha Roby (R),  Mike Rogers (R),  Todd Rokita (R),  Thomas Rooney (R),  David Rouzer (R),  Kurt Schrader (D),  David Scott (D),  F. James Sensenbrenner (R),  Pete Sessions (R),  Terri Sewell (D),  Bill Shuster (R),  Mike Simpson (R),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Adrian Smith (R),  Jason Smith (R),  Lloyd Smucker (R),  Steve Stivers (R),  Claudia Tenney (R),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Mac Thornberry (R),  David Valadao (R),  Filemón Vela (D),  Ann Wagner (R),  Tim Walberg (R),  Jackie Walorski (R),  Bruce Westerman (R),  Steve Womack (R),  Kevin Yoder (R),  Ted Yoho (R),  David Young (R), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. (on 03/16/2018)

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