Title: Farmer Fairness Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Farmer Fairness Act
This bill requires all persons exercising substantial operational control over a concentrated animal feeding operation to jointly obtain a water pollution permit for discharges.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3844 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3844

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require all persons 
 exercising substantial operational control over a concentrated animal 
 feeding operation to jointly obtain a permit for certain discharges, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2019

 Mr. Khanna (for himself and Mr. Pocan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require all persons 
 exercising substantial operational control over a concentrated animal 
 feeding operation to jointly obtain a permit for certain discharges, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farmer Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION DISCHARGES.

    Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1342) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(t) Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Discharges.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purposes of applying the 
        requirements of this section to a discharge from a concentrated 
        animal feeding operation, the Administrator shall require all 
        persons exercising substantial operational control over the 
        concentrated animal feeding operation to jointly obtain a 
        permit under this section for the discharge.
            ``(2) Substantial operational control.--For purposes of 
        this subsection, a person exercises substantial operational 
        control over a concentrated animal feeding operation if the 
        person--
                    ``(A) has an ownership interest in the livestock, 
                land, or other capital of the concentrated animal 
                feeding operation;
                    ``(B) exercises any control over the activities, 
                operation (including specifying how the livestock of 
                the concentrated animal feeding operation is fed, 
                grown, or medicated), or management (including waste 
                management practices) of a concentrated animal feeding 
                operation; or
                    ``(C) meets any other criteria that the 
                Administrator determines appropriate.''.
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