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Union Calendar No. 215 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1633 
[Report No. 112–316] 
To establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient 
air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit 
Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is 
regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2011 
Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. HURT, Mr. BOSWELL, and Mr. KISSELL) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
DECEMBER 6, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LONG, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GRAVES 
of Missouri, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SMITH of 
Nebraska, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. JONES, Mr. HERGER, Mr. GOODLATTE, 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Ms. 
JENKINS, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. RIBBLE, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 
MCKINLEY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PAUL, 
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. COLE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. LATTA, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. CANSECO, 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, 
Mr. OLSON, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
CHAFFETZ, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 
WALDEN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LUCAS, 
Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. POMPEO, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. WITTMAN, 
Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 
LATHAM, Mr. SCHILLING, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. FLAKE, Mrs. BACHMANN, 
Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. SMITH
of Texas, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. BERG, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. HALL, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 
KLINE, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. CARTER, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mr. YODER, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 
BOREN, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. CAL-
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VERT, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, 
Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. HASTINGS
of Washington, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GARD-
NER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. ROO-
NEY, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. FOR-
TENBERRY, Mr. TERRY, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CASSIDY, 
Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BROUN of 
Georgia, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. HAR-
PER, and Mr. PENCE 
DECEMBER 6, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To establish a temporary prohibition against revising any 
national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse 
particulate matter, to limit Federal regulation of nui-
sance dust in areas in which such dust is regulated 
under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Farm Dust Regulation 
Prevention Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION AGAINST REVISING ANY 
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD 
APPLICABLE TO COARSE PARTICULATE MAT-
TER. 
Before the date that is one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may not propose, finalize, im-
plement, or enforce any regulation revising the national 
primary ambient air quality standard or the national sec-
ondary ambient air quality standard applicable to particu-
late matter with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 
2.5 micrometers under section 109 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7409). 
SEC. 3. NUISANCE DUST. 
Part A of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 132. REGULATION OF NUISANCE DUST PRIMARILY BY 
STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), this Act does not apply to, and references in this Act 
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