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.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 5447 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5447
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2014
Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPEDITED REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES FOR MANAGEMENT OF
PARASITIC PESTS ADVERSELY IMPACTING MANAGED POLLINATOR
BEE HEALTH.
(a) Definition of Managed Pollinator Bee.--Section 2(o) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136(o))
is amended--
(1) by striking ``The term'' and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--The term''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Managed pollinator bee.--The term `managed pollinator
bee' means any bee that is 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.''.
(b) Expedited Registration of Pesticides To Improve Managed
Pollinator Bee Health.--Section 3(c)(10) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(10)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following
new clause:
``(v) Improve managed pollinator bee
health, including managing resistance to
parasitic pests.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) An application for registration or an
amendment that is reasonably expected to improve the
health of managed pollinator bees, including managing
resistance to parasitic pests of managed pollinator
bees, shall qualify for expedited review according to
subparagraph (B) pursuant to the applicable decision
time review period under section 33.''.
(c) Reports Required.--
(1) USDA report.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry of the Senate a report that addresses the extent
and scope of the threat to the health of managed pollinator
bees from--
(A) pathological factors, including the species of
parasitic mite known as Varroa mite (Varroa
destructor), other arthropod pests, and fungal,
microbial, and viral diseases; and
(B) environmental factors, including the habitat,
forage, beekeeper practices and husbandry, and
nutritional needs of managed pollinator bees.
(2) EPA report.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Committee
on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate
that details--
(A) the availability of pesticides for management
of parasitic pests that adversely impact the health of
managed pollinator bees, particularly including the
Varroa mite (Varroa destructor); and
(B) the efforts by the Environmental Protection
Agency to expedite approvals of new products to control
parasitic pests of managed pollinator bees, including
products to mitigate resistance to products currently
available.
(3) Definition of managed pollinator bee.--In this
subsection, the term ``managed pollinator bee'' means any bee
that is 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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
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