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To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit…

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To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
Sep 30, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Sep 29, 2010
Referred to House Agriculture
Sep 29, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 29, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Sep 29, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the Clean Water Act, or directly or indirectly requiring any state to require a permit, for the application of any pesticide subject to FIFRA if the pesticide is applied in conformance with FIFRA.

What's happening now November 16, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Childers, Travis
· Sep 29, 2010
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Costa, Jim
California · Sep 29, 2010
Ellsworth, Brad
· Sep 29, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6273: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6273/
MLA
"H.R. 6273: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6273/.
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H.R. 6273, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6273/.
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[H.R. 6273: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6273/)
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