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112TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 112-643
FARMERS UNDERTAKE ENVIRONMENTAL LAND
STEWARDSHIP ACT
AUGUST 1, 2012.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. MICA, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3158]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 3158) to direct the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency to change the Spill Prevention,
Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of the Legislation ..................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 3
Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 3
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
Advisory of Earm arks .............................................................................................. 5
Federal M andate Statem ent ................................................................................... 5
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 5
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 5
Applicability to the Legislative Branch ................................................................. 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 6
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
H.R. 3158, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stew-
ardship Act, or the FUELS Act, requires the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill
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