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Pollinator Protection Act of 2007

Introduced: June 26, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 26, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pollinator Protection Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Research Service, for: (1) personnel, facilities improvement, and additional research at Department of Agriculture Bee Research Laboratories; (2) research on honey bee physiology, insect pathology, insect chemical ecology, and honey and native bee toxicology at other Department facilities in New York, Florida, California, Utah, and Texas; and (3) research to identify causes and solutions for Colony Collapse Disorder, with specified amounts for research at the Agricultural Research Services in Beltsville, Maryland, and Tucson, Arizona.

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, parasites, and fungicides on honey bees and other beneficial insects and pollinators.

What's happening now June 26, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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