US Congress House Bill 4157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-2)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Farmer Identity Protection Act - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or any EPA contractor or cooperator, from disclosing the information of any owner, operator, or employee of a livestock operation provided to EPA by a livestock producer or a state agency in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) or any other law, including: (1) names; (2) telephone numbers; (3) e-mail addresses; (4) physical addresses; (5) global positioning system coordinates; or (6) other information regarding the location of the owner, operator, livestock, or employee. Prescribes criteria for such a disclosure, however, in a statistical or aggregate form without specifically identifying information.

Farmer Identity Protection Act

Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
2014-03-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2014-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2014-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2014-03-06	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2014-03-06	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2014-03-06	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2014-03-06	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-03-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB1343 (Related) 2013-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4157/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4157/BILLS-113hr4157ih.pdf