Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 12, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
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.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2019
This bill allows energy tax credits through 2021 for investments in (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties.
"Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes property that cleans and conditions the gas for use as a fuel.
"Qualified manure resource recovery property" comprises a system that uses specified processes to recover the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus from a non-treated digestate or animal manure by reducing or separating at least 50% of the nutrients, excluding any reductions during the incineration, storage, composting, or field application of the non-treated digestate or animal manure. The term also includes certain processing equipment.
The Department of the Treasury must enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for a study of biogas and report to Congress on the study.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2019 to Jan 7, 2020; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Jul 12, 2019 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 7, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2019 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2019Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 117, July 12, 2019, page H5775.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-35 | ON-FARM ENERGY PRODUCTION: IMPACTS ON FARM INCOME AND RURAL COMMUNITIES71 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jul 23, 2020 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2542 | Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 24, 2019 |
| HR 3939 | Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 16, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Agricultural equipment and machinery
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Business investment and capital
- Congressional oversight
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy research
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Income tax credits
- Interest, dividends, interest rates
- Livestock
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Research administration and funding
- Securities
- Solid waste and recycling
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2019Introduced in House
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.
