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H.R. 311: FUELS Act

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H.R. 311: FUELS Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-01-18 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-01-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

FUELS Act

Plain summary

(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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

FUELS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] · 73 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Austin Scott (R-GA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Steve Womack (R-AR), Tom Cole (R-OK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John R. Carter (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Steve Daines (R-MT) and 13 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr311 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113