# 115-hr-2853: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017

115-hr-2853, Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-2853
- Congress: 115
- Title: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Introduced: 2017-06-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 28
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow energy tax credits through 2021 for investments in: (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties. "Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that: (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes property that cleans and conditions the gas for use as a fuel. "Qualified manure resource recovery property" comprises a system that uses specified processes to recover the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus from a non-treated digestate or animal manure by reducing or separating at least 50% of the nutrients, excluding any reductions during the incineration, storage, composting, or field application of the non-treated digestate or animal manure. The term also includes certain processing equipment. The Department of the Treasury must enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for a study of biogas and report to Congress on the study.

## Cosponsors (28)

- Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] (R-IN), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] (R-ID), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- WILLIAM THORNBERRY (R-TX), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27] (R-NY), 2017-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2017-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2017-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19] (R-NY), 2017-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2017-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2018-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-2853 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2853)

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