[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1426 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1426

 To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under 
title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2009

  Mr. Lucas (for himself and Mr. Neugebauer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. 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 
        subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting such 
        subparagraphs and the matter following subparagraph (C), as so 
        redesignated, appropriately;
            (2) by striking the subsection designation and heading and 
        all that follows through ``No partial'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(f) Prohibitions.--
            ``(1) Partial permit programs.--No partial''; and
            (3) 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.''.
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