FARM Act
Latest action · Mar 8, 2018 Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-237.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act or the FARM 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 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2018 to Mar 20, 2018; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Feb 13, 2018 |
| R-NE | Ben Sasse | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Feb 15, 2018 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Feb 26, 2018 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Feb 28, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Feb 28, 2018 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Mar 7, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Mar 7, 2018 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Mar 8, 2018 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Mar 20, 2018 |
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 Feb 13, 2018 |
| Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee | Hearings Mar 8, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2018Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-237.
- Feb 13, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Feb 13, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-267 | HEARING TO EXAMINE S.2663, THE AGRICULTURE CREATES REAL EMPLOYMENT (ACRE) ACT166 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Mar 14, 2018 |
| S. Hrg. 115-237 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON S. 2421, THE FAIR AGRICULTURAL REPORTING METHOD ACT131 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Mar 8, 2018 |
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 |
| HR 5275 | Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act | Related bill | Mar 16, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide an exemption from certain notice requirements and penalties for releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at farms.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- FARM Act
- Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2018Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
