[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. 
        Kelly):
  S. 997. 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; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.
  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 997

       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 Regulatory 
     Protection Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 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.''.
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