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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="2663" measure-id="id115s2663" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-04-12" update-date="2019-08-28">
<title>ACRE Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s2663v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-08-28">
<action-date>2018-04-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Agriculture Creates Real Employment Act or the ACRE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill reduces environmental requirements&nbsp;for agricultural producers,&nbsp;including requirements concerning</p> <ul> <li>the takings of certain birds&nbsp;at farms or aquaculture facilities, </li> <li>exports of certain sea urchins and sea cucumbers, </li> <li>discharges of pesticides, </li> <li>the use of information and data collected in accordance with certain environmental laws, or </li> <li>oil pollution on farms.</li></ul>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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