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HR 3710 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Agricultural practices and innovations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Pest management

Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2015

Introduced: February 29, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 26, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Oct 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 8, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2015

This bill amends the Plant Protection Act to allow state, local, or tribal governments to use methyl bromide as a fumigant if: (1) the use is required to respond to an emergency concerning a significant economic loss of crops to pests or diseases, and (2) the Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not object to that use within a specified time period.

The bill allows this use of methyl bromide during an emergency event regardless of whether the use is registered and included in the label approved for the product by the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

The bill limits the amount of methyl bromide that may be used per emergency event at a specific location to not more than 20 metric tons. The aggregate amount of methyl bromide used in the United States each year may not exceed the total amount authorized under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

The bill gives USDA exclusive authority for determining which species are considered quarantine pests.

What's happening now October 26, 2015

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

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 1 Republican 9
R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jul 7, 2016
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Feb 29, 2016
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Feb 23, 2016
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jan 6, 2016
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Oct 23, 2015
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Oct 9, 2015
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Oct 8, 2015
Denham, Jeff
· Oct 8, 2015
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Oct 8, 2015
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Oct 8, 2015
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Oct 8, 2015
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Oct 8, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3710: Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3710/
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"H.R. 3710: Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3710/.
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H.R. 3710, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3710/.
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