[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 997 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 997

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 2023

    Mr. Thune (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Kelly) 
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 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. 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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