H.R. 1426 (111th): To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that ...

...Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.

111th Congress, 2009–2010. Text as of Mar 11, 2009 (Introduced).

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HR 1426 IH

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1426

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 11, 2009

Mr. LUCAS (for himself and Mr. NEUGEBAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PERMITTING CERTAIN EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.

    Section 502(f) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661a(f)) is amended--

      (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting such subparagraphs and the matter following subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, appropriately;

      (2) by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through ‘No partial’ and inserting the following:

    ‘(f) Prohibitions-

      ‘(1) PARTIAL PERMIT PROGRAMS- No partial’; and

      (3) by adding at the end the following:

      ‘(2) CERTAIN EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION- No permit shall be issued under a permit program under this title for any carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.’.