3.0.0 2722 2023-01-11T13:36:36Z 2023-01-11T13:36:36Z House HR 2017-05-25 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 91 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:H.R. 2722.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution; thegeneral welfare clause.[Page H4609]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2017-06-26T16:43:59Z Referred to 2017-05-25T13:11:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2017-06-12T19:03:15Z Referred to 2017-05-25T13:12:00Z 2017-06-26 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2017-06-12 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2017-05-25 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-05-25 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-25 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2017-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 N Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural research Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Environmental health Environmental technology Health promotion and preventive care Income tax credits Licensing and registrations Livestock Research administration and funding Solid waste and recycling Technology assessment Water quality Agriculture and Food 00 2017-05-25 Introduced in House 2017-07-17T13:14:31Z Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act or the SWINE Act

This bill establishes a program to certify environmentally sustainable swine waste disposal technologies and authorizes related tax credits and grants.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must certify technologies that:

  • eliminate animal discharge into surface waters and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff;
  • substantially eliminate atmospheric emissions of ammonia from swine waste;
  • substantially eliminate the emission of odor from swine waste that is detectable beyond the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land on which the swine farm is located;
  • substantially eliminate the release of disease-transmitting vectors and airborne pathogens from swine waste;
  • substantially eliminate nutrient and heavy metal contamination of soil and groundwater from swine waste; and
  • are cost-effective.

States may not issue permits, pursuant to any federal law, to a swine farm that is a concentrated animal feeding operation unless the farm disposes of swine waste using a certified technology.

The bill amends several agricultural laws to:

  • require USDA to make competitive grants for activities to identify, evaluate, and demonstrate environmentally superior swine waste management technologies;
  • permit the Pork Promotion Board to use its funding for activities related to the grants; and
  • make the installation and maintenance of a certified technology on a swine farm eligible for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) the installation of a certified swine waste disposal technology, and (2) the disposal of swine waste using certified technology.

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