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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5275 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 to provide an exemption from certain notice require-
ments and penalties for air emissions from animal waste at farms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2018 
Mr. LONG (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. JONES, Mr. PERRY, 
Mr. CRAMER, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BOST, Mr. BIGGS, 
Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. SMITH of Ne-
braska, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 
O’HALLERAN, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. ROKITA, 
Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. SCHRADER, 
Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, Mr. EMMER, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. SMITH 
of Missouri, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. COLLINS of New York, 
Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. BUCK, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. BLUM, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Mr. 
BARTON, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. YODER, Ms. BLUNT 
ROCHESTER, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. DA-
VIDSON, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. VELA, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. 
GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. RENACCI, 
Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. 
MARINO, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. THOMPSON 
of Pennsylvania, and Mr. GIBBS) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred 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 con-
cerned 
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A BILL 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide an ex-
emption from certain notice requirements and penalties 
for air emissions from animal waste at farms. 
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 ‘‘Agricultural Certainty 
for Reporting Emissions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN NOTICE REQUIRE-
MENTS AND PENALTIES. 
Section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9603) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY TO AIR EMISSIONS FROM ANI-
MAL WASTE AT FARMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply 
to air emissions from animal waste at a farm. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ANIMAL WASTE.—The term ‘animal 
waste’— 
‘‘(i) means feces, urine, or other ex-
crement, digestive emissions, or urea, that 
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