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
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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
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
Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1