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Pollinator Protection Act

Introduced: March 27, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Mar 28, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E663-664)
Mar 27, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 27, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pollinator Protection Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Research Service, for: (1) personnel, facilities improvement, and additional research at Department of Agriculture Apicultural Research Laboratories; (2) research on honey bee physiology, insect pathology, insect chemical ecology, and honey bee toxicology at other Department facilities in New York, Florida, California, and Texas; and (3) research to identify causes and solutions for Colony Collapse Disorder.

Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary, through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, for research grants to investigate: (1) honey bee immunology, genomics, biology, ecology, and bioinformatics; (2) pollination biology; and (3) the effects of genetically modified crops, insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides on honey bees and other beneficial insects and pollinators.

What's happening now March 28, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E663-664)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1694 Related bill Pollinator Protection Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 12, 2007
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 18, 2007
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 5, 2007
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 21, 2007
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 7, 2007
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 2, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 1, 2007
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Apr 25, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1709: Pollinator Protection Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1709/
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"H.R. 1709: Pollinator Protection Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1709/.
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H.R. 1709, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1709/.
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