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HR 5458 99th Congress House Environmental Protection Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bacteria Pest control Pesticide regulation Standards

A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish, monitor, and enforce efficacy standards for antimicrobial control agents used to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 15, 1986 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 21, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.
Aug 15, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 15, 1986
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish efficacy standards (as defined in this Act) for antimicrobial control agents, including disinfectants, used to control pest microorganisms; (2) monitor standards compliance; and (3) implement an enforcement program.

What's happening now August 21, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2