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HR 5447 113th Congress House Agriculture and Food Administrative remedies Agricultural practices and innovations Animal and plant health Congressional oversight Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Horticulture and plants Insects Licensing and registrations Pest management Product safety and quality

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to increase the availability of pesticides for the management of parasitic pests that adversely impact the health of managed pollinator bees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 10, 2014 Introduced by: Scott, Austin Republican · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Sep 10, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 10, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to allow expedited review of an application for the registration of a pesticide or an amendment to a currently registered pesticide if use of the pesticide proposed is reasonably expected to improve the health of managed pollinator bees (bees raised and housed in a managed hive or other appropriate housing and used for honey production, managed pollination of crops, or breeding for commercial purposes), including by managing resistance to parasitic pests of managed pollinator bees.

Requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to report on the extent and scope of the threat to the health of managed pollinator bees from: (1) pathological factors, including the species of parasitic mite known as Varroa mite (Varroa destructor), other arthropod pests, and fungal, microbial, and viral diseases; and (2) environmental factors, including the habitat, forage, beekeeper practices and husbandry, and nutritional needs of managed pollinator bees.

Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report on: (1) the availability of pesticides for management of parasitic pests that adversely impact the health of managed pollinator bees; and (2) EPA efforts to expedite approvals of new products to control parasitic pests of managed pollinator bees, including products to mitigate resistance to available products.

What's happening now September 22, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.

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