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Calendar No. 570 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 897 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 25, 2016 

Received 

JULY 14, 2016 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control 

Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Zika Vector Control 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES. 

2 Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

3 and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(5) USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

7 section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution 

8 Control Act, the Administrator or a State may 

9 not require a permit under such Act for a dis10 charge from a point source into navigable 

11 waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, dis12 tribution, or use under this Act, or the residue 

13 of such a pesticide, resulting from the applica14 tion of such pesticide. 

15 ‘‘(B) SUNSET.—This paragraph shall cease 

16 to be effective on September 30, 2018.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES. 

18 Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

19 Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(s) DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) NO PERMIT REQUIREMENT.—Except as 

23 provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be re24 quired by the Administrator or a State under this 

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1 tribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fun2 gicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such 

3 a pesticide, resulting from the application of such 

4 pesticide. 

5 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

6 apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or 

7 pesticide residue: 

8 ‘‘(A) A discharge resulting from the appli9 cation of a pesticide in violation of a provision 

10 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

11 Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting 

12 water quality, if— 

13 ‘‘(i) the discharge would not have oc14 curred but for the violation; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) the amount of pesticide or pes16 ticide residue in the discharge is greater 

17 than would have occurred without the vio18 lation. 

19 ‘‘(B) Stormwater discharges subject to reg20 ulation under subsection (p). 

21 ‘‘(C) The following discharges subject to 

22 regulation under this section: 

23 ‘‘(i) Manufacturing or industrial efflu24 ent. 

25 ‘‘(ii) Treatment works effluent. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Discharges incidental to the nor2 mal operation of a vessel, including a dis3 charge resulting from ballasting operations 

4 or vessel biofouling prevention. 

5 ‘‘(3) SUNSET.—This subsection shall cease to 

6 be effective on September 30, 2018.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 570 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 897 

AN ACT 

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

or near navigable waters, and for other purposes. garding the regulation of the use of pesticides in Control Act to clarify Congressional intent reRodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution 

JULY 14, 2016 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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