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H.R. 6483 (114th)

SWINE Act

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Introduced

8 December 2016

Last action

13 December 2016 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1717)

Sponsors

Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]

Subjects

Environment, Agriculture, Transport, Taxation

Source updated

12 August 2025

Environment · Agriculture · Transport · Taxation

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Summary

Swine Waste Infrastructure and Natural Environment Act or the SWINE Act This bill establishes a program to certify environmentally sustainable swine waste disposal technologies and authorizes related tax credits and grants. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must certify technologies that: eliminate animal discharge into surface waters and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff; substantially eliminate atmospheric emissions of ammonia from swine waste; substantially eliminate the emission of odor from swine waste that is detectable beyond the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land on which the swine farm is located; substantially eliminate the release of disease-transmitting vectors and airborne pathogens from swine waste; substantially eliminate nutrient and heavy metal contamination of soil and groundwater from swine waste; and are cost-effective. States may not issue permits, pursuant to any federal law, to a swine farm that is a concentrated animal feeding operation unless the farm disposes of swine waste using a certified technology. The bill amends several agricultural laws to: require USDA to make competitive grants for activities to identify, evaluate, and demonstrate environmentally superior swine waste management technologies; permit the Pork Promotion Board to use its funding for activities related to the grants; and make the installation and maintenance of a certified technology on a swine farm eligible for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) the installation of a certified swine waste disposal technology, and (2) the disposal of swine waste using certified technology.

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Timeline

  1. 8 December 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 December 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 8 December 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 December 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 13 December 2016

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1717)

    Source: IntroReferral

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