HR 5275 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Billy Long R-MO

Latest action · Mar 16, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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 14, 2018
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

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.

Cosponsors 92

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2018 to Mar 21, 2018; 86 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Adrian Smith	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MO	Ann Wagner	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-NY	Claudia Tenney	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-TN	David Kustoff	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-NC	David Rouzer	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-IA	David Young	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-GA	Doug Collins	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-OH	James B. Renacci	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MN	Jason Lewis	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MO	Jason Smith	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-CA	Jeff Denham	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-TX	John Ratcliffe	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Mar 14, 2018
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-WY	Liz Cheney	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-AL	Martha Roby	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-WI	Mike Gallagher	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Mar 14, 2018
I-MI	Paul Mitchell	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-IA	Rod Blum	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-AR	Steve Womack	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-IN	Todd Rokita	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-PA	Tom Marino	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran	Original	Mar 14, 2018
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Mar 14, 2018
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Mar 15, 2018
R-MT	Greg Gianforte		Mar 19, 2018
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Mar 19, 2018
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Mar 20, 2018
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Mar 21, 2018
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Mar 21, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 14, 2018
	Environment Subcommittee	Referred Mar 16, 2018
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Mar 14, 2018
	Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee	Referred Mar 15, 2018

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 16, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Mar 15, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 14, 2018Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2018Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H1608-H1609] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. LONG: H.R. 5275. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 45, March 14, 2018, page H1609.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1625	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018	Related bill	Mar 23, 2018
S 2421	FARM Act	Related bill	Mar 8, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide an exemption from certain notice requirements and penalties for air emissions from animal waste at farms.
Short Titles as Introduced: Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 14, 2018Introduced in House

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