Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Livestock Regulatory Protection Act of 2023”.
Livestock Regulatory Protection Act of 2023
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.
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—
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
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”
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”
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.”