H.R. 311
FUELS Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsor
Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Jan 11, 2023
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 311
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Jan 18, 2013
- Policy Area
- Environmental Protection
- Is Law
- No
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: Senate
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2264-2265)
Source: House floor actions
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2264-2265)
Source: Library of Congress
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 311.
Source: House floor actions
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2264-2266)
Source: House floor actions
Mr. Crawford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H2264)
Source: House floor actions
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
Source: House floor actions
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-375.
Source: House floor actions
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-375.
Source: Library of Congress
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Source: House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: House committee actions
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: House floor actions
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no history of spills.
Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no history of spills.
Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons.
Environment and Public Works Committee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee