[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 3729 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3729

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the imposition of a fee or tax 
               for direct gaseous emissions by livestock.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2008

  Mr. Dorgan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the imposition of a fee or tax 
               for direct gaseous emissions by livestock.

    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 ``Livestock Emissions Tax Ban Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF FEE OR TAX FOR DIRECT GASEOUS 
              EMISSIONS BY LIVESTOCK.

    Title III of the Clean Air Act is amended--
            (1) by inserting after section 312 (42 U.S.C. 7612) the 
        following:

``SEC. 313. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF FEE OR TAX FOR DIRECT GASEOUS 
              EMISSIONS BY LIVESTOCK.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator 
shall not impose a fee or tax under this Act on any direct gaseous 
emissions by livestock.''; and
            (2) by redesignating the second section 317 (42 U.S.C. 
        7617) (relating to economic impact assessment) as section 318.
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