HR 5961 · 112th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Farmer's Privacy Act of 2012

Introduced 2012-06-19· Sponsored by Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 493.(2012-09-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Farmer's Privacy Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in exercising any authority under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act), from conducting aerial surveillance of agricultural land unless the Administrator has: (1) obtained the voluntary written consent of the owner or operator of the land to be surveilled; (2) provided between 5 and 10 days' notice to the owners or operators of land in the area to be surveilled; and (3) obtained from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia a certification of reasonable suspicion that a violation of the Act exists in the area to be surveilled. Requires the Administrator to ensure that such consent: (1) specifies a period of up to one year during which the consent is effective, (2) contains a specific description of the geographical area to be surveilled, (3) contains limitations on the days and times during which the surveillance may be conducted if requested by such owner or operator, and (4) is granted voluntarily. Prohibits the Administrator from threatening additional, more detailed, or more thorough inspections or coercing or enticing s…

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H.R. 5961, Farmer’s Privacy Act of 2012

Sep 12, 2012

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 26, 2012

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Cosponsors (14)

1 Democrat13 Republicans