FUELS Act
Latest action · Mar 7, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a reportable oil discharge history; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no reportable oil discharge history of oil. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no reportable oil discharge history.
Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity of less than 1,320 gallons.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2013 to Jul 31, 2013; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| R-NE | Mike Johanns | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Mar 20, 2013 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Mar 21, 2013 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Mar 22, 2013 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | May 7, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Jul 31, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Mar 7, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 311 | FUELS Act | Related bill | Mar 12, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- FUELS Act
- Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in Senate
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