Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2021 [S.2461]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property, and for other purposes.
S.2461: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/22/2021
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2021 [HB-3939]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property, and for other purposes.
HB-3939: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Costa
Introduced In House on 06/16/2021
Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act [HB-2737]
[Agriculture ]
[Finance ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing bonds, to expand certain exceptions to the private activity bond rules for first-time farmers, and for other purposes.
HB-2737: Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Darin LaHood
Introduced In House on 04/21/2021
Climate Stewardship Act of 2021 [HB-2534]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Grants ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
To provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes.
HB-2534: Climate Stewardship Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Abigail Spanberger
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 06/08/2021
Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act [S.1053]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Trade ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements for the livestock, insect, and agricultural commodities transport industries, and for other purposes.
Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act [S.1060]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[International ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
[National Security ]
A bill to safeguard certain technology and intellectual property in the United States from export to or influence by the People's Republic of China and to protect United States industry from unfair competition by the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
S.1060: Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/25/2021
You have voted S.644: A bill to resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program..
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016 [S.3248]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow energy tax credits through 2020 for investments in: (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties. "Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that: (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes
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S.3248: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/14/2016
Agriculture Equipment and Machinery Depreciation Act [S.2202]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Agriculture Equipment and Machinery Depreciation Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the placed-in-service restriction on the depreciation of certain farming business machinery and equipment and to make permanent the five-year recovery period for such property.
S.2202: Agriculture Equipment and Machinery Depreciation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/22/2015
Agriculture Equipment and Machinery Depreciation Act [S.1801]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Agriculture Equipment and Machinery Depreciation Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the placed-in-service restriction on the depreciation of certain farming business machinery and equipment and to make permanent the five-year recovery period for such property.
S.1801: Agriculture Equipment and Machinery Depreciation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/16/2015
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016 [HB-5489]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow energy tax credits through 2020 for investments in: (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties. "Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that: (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane; and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes
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HB-5489: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 09/30/2016
Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act [HB-5335]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Inflation ]
Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to private activity bond financing for first-time farmers, to: (1) increase from $450,000 to $520,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) the amount of bond proceeds that may be used by a first-time farmer to acquire land for farming purposes, (2) repeal the separate dollar limitation on the use of bond proceeds for used farm equipment, and (3) modify the definition of "substantial farmland" to determine farm size by reference to the
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HB-5335: Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Young
Introduced In House on 05/25/2016
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to lend Department of Defense farm equipment to eligible farmers, and for other purposes. [HB-5280]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[Small Business ]
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to lend Department of Defense farm equipment to eligible farmers, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1)identify DOD equipment that would be appropriate for farm use and could be used in an equipment sharing program without jeopardizing military readiness, and (2) establish a three-year pilot program to lend such equipment to new and beginning farmers.
HB-5280: To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to lend Department of Defense farm equipment to eligible farmers, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Referred To The Subcommittee On Readiness. on 06/07/2016
You have voted HB-5280: To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to lend Department of Defense farm equipment to eligible farmers, and for other purposes..
Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act [HB-4474]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the placed-in-service restriction on the depreciation of certain farming business machinery and equipment and to make permanent the five-year recovery period for such property.
HB-4474: Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Introduced In House on 02/04/2016
Food Recovery Act of 2015 [HB-4184]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Taxes ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Food Recovery Act of 2015 This bill amends the following to provide funding, expand tax deductions, and establish requirements to reduce food waste: the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; the Internal Revenue Code; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and several agricultural laws. The bill expands and establishes federal grant and loan programs to: improve the nutritional health of children and raise awareness about food waste, improve cooperation between agricultural producers and emergency feeding
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HB-4184: Food Recovery Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/23/2016
You have voted HB-392: To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program..
Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act [HB-3473]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from terminating, reducing, limitoing, or otherwise interfering with the amount or timing of grants a state is otherwise eligible to receive as a result of any minimum standard or exemption the state gives a covered farm vehicle or the driver of such vehicle less stringent than federal requirements for commercial motor vehicles and drivers. A covered farm vehicle means any motor vehicle meeting certain gross weight requirements and: registered or otherwise designated
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HB-3473: Local Farm Vehicle Flexibility Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 09/11/2015