No money may be used to require Clean Air Act permits for livestock emissions
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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No money may be used to require Clean Air Act permits for livestock emissions
The document says “may not”Who acts: Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.”
The whole of section 433 of division C. It bars money in this or any other Act from being used to write or carry out a rule requiring title V Clean Air Act permits for four named gases where they come from biological processes in livestock production. Section 434 separately bars money from being used to require reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.
What the document actually says
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated with livestock production.”
That sentence, in plain words
No money may be used to make farms get air permits for these gases. The gases come from the animals themselves.
What this is about
Title V permits cover large sources of air pollution. This keeps farm animals out of that system. A second rule blocks reporting rules for manure.
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Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-74, sec. 5, 140 Stat. 6 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ74/html/PLAW-119publ74.htm
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“No money may be used to require Clean Air Act permits for livestock emissions,” Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/commerce-justice-science-energy-water-development/proposal/sec05-livestock-emissions-permits/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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