US Congress House Bill 3129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 19-1)
Status: Introduced on July 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

FUELS Act Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ease the application of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule on certain farms. The rule requires certain non-transportation-related facilities to prevent, prepare, and respond to oil discharges that may reach navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Among other requirements, the rule requires those facilities to: (1) certify compliance with their SPCC plans; and (2) based on the plan, construct containment facilities that would hold the contents of aboveground oil storage tanks if they should spill. The bill increases the oil storage thresholds that necessitate compliance with those requirements by raising the aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity thresholds for: (1) farms required to have an SPCC plan, (2) farms that self-certify their SPCC plan, and (3) farms that require a certification of their SPCC plan from a professional engineer. The bill also raises the aboveground oil storage capacity of containers that must be included in calculating the aggregate aboveground storage capacity.

FUELS Act Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act

Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2015-07-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2015-07-21	House	Introduced in House

SB2993 (Related) 2016-05-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3129/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3129/BILLS-114hr3129ih.pdf