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“On agreeing to the Spartz amendment (A029) Agreed to by recorded vote: 215 - 213 (Roll no. 152). (consideration: CR H3309)”
This amendment removes environmental regulations that require farm machinery to meet certain emissions standards. The goal is to reduce the purchase and maintenance costs of tractors and other equipment for farmers, which may help lower food prices for consumers.
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An amendment numbered 49 printed in Part B of House Report 119-628 to remove costly, overreaching emissions mandates on farm equipment that drives up expenses for farmers and consumers.
“On agreeing to the Spartz amendment (A029) Agreed to by recorded vote: 215 - 213 (Roll no. 152). (consideration: CR H3309)”
This amendment removes environmental regulations that require farm machinery to meet certain emissions standards. The goal is to reduce the purchase and maintenance costs of tractors and other equipment for farmers, which may help lower food prices for consumers.
If this becomes law, it could lead to lower overhead costs for agricultural businesses, though it would also mean that newer farm equipment would not be required to reduce exhaust emissions to the levels originally proposed.
Farmers who purchase new heavy machinery and consumers whose food prices are impacted by agricultural production costs are the most directly affected.