HR7849Referred to Committee

Farm Equipment Safety Act

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Introduced
In Committee
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-03-05
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Victoria Spartz
Victoria Spartz
Republican · IN · Representative
Votes with party: 93.3% (567 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2026-03-05

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Plain-English Summary

Farm Equipment Safety Act This bill provides that emissions standards under the Clean Air Act for nonroad engines and nonroad vehicles do not apply to nonroad engines and nonroad vehicles that are used for agricultural purposes.

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Environmental Protection

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7849 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7849 To amend the Clean Air Act to exempt nonroad engines and vehicles that are used for agricultural purposes from the emission standards of that Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2026 Mrs. Spartz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to exempt nonroad engines and vehicles that are used for agricultural purposes from the emission standards of that Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Farm Equipment Safety Act''. SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF NONROAD FARM ENGINES AND VEHICLES FROM CLEAN AIR ACT EMISSION STANDARDS. Section 213 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7547) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Exemption.--The standards under this section do not apply to emissions from nonroad engines and nonroad vehicles that are used for agricultural purposes.''. <all>
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