Livestock Regulatory Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1475
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-04-29
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Environmental regulatory procedures

Licensing and registrations

Livestock
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-07
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Livestock Regulatory Protection Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing permits under the Clean Air Act for any carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1475 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 29, 2021 Mr. Thune (for himself and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act of 2021 . 2. 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 clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (2) in the undesignated matter following clause (iii) (as so redesignated), by striking Approval of and inserting the following: (B) No relief of obligation Approval of ; (3) by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through No partial in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following: (f) Prohibitions (1) Partial permit programs (A) In general No partial ; and (4) 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. .