I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9063 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the Securities 
and Exchange Commission from requiring an issuer to disclose informa-
tion related to certain greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 
Mr. LUCAS (for himself, Mr. ROSE, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
ESTES, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. COLE, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Ohio, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. LATURNER, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. 
BERGMAN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CURTIS, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. BICE of 
Oklahoma, Mr. BUCK, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. 
CARTER of Georgia, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. MANN, 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. JOHNSON 
of South Dakota, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. STEWART, Mr. BUDD, 
Mr. ALLEN, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mrs. HINSON, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. MURPHY of North Caro-
lina, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. CARL, Mr. 
FEENSTRA, Mrs. KIM of California, Ms. MACE, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
STAUBER, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. POSEY, Mr. BOST, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FLOOD, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. CAREY, Mr. 
MCKINLEY, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 
GOOD of Virginia, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. JACOBS of New 
York, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GOODEN
of Texas, Mr. 
FULCHER, Mr. DUNN, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. BARR, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mrs. FLORES, 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. BRADY, Mr. CLINE, Mr. NEHLS, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS of Texas, Mr. BABIN, Mr. EMMER, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mrs. 
FISCHBACH, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. CLOUD, 
Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. FINSTAD, and Mr. KUSTOFF) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
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A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit 
the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring 
an issuer to disclose information related to certain green-
house gas emissions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Farmers from 
the SEC Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING AN ISSUER TO DIS-
CLOSE INFORMATION RELATED TO CERTAIN 
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
Section 23 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78w) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING AN ISSUER TO 
DISCLOSE INFORMATION RELATED TO CERTAIN GREEN-
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may not 
require an issuer to disclose greenhouse gas emis-
sions from upstream or downstream activities in the 
issuer’s value chain from the production, manufac-
turing, or harvesting of an agricultural product, as 
defined in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1626). 
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‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
EXEMPTIVE
AU-
THORITY.—Section 36 shall not apply to this sub-
section. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
DOWNSTREAM
ACTIVITIES.—The 
term ‘downstream activities’ include activities 
that relate to processing materials into a fin-
ished product and delivering it or providing a 
service to the end user. 
‘‘(B) 
GREENHOUSE
GAS.—The 
term 
‘greenhouse gas’ means— 
‘‘(i) carbon dioxide; 
‘‘(ii) methane; 
‘‘(iii) nitrous oxide; 
‘‘(iv) nitrogen trifluoride; 
‘‘(v) hydrofluorocarbons; 
‘‘(vi) perfluorocarbons; or 
‘‘(vii) sulfur hexafluoride. 
‘‘(C) UPSTREAM
ACTIVITIES.—The term 
‘upstream activities’ include activities that re-
late to the initial stages of producing a good or 
service.’’. 
Æ 
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