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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. 

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 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. EXPEDITED REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES 

2 FOR MANAGEMENT OF PARASITIC PESTS AD3 VERSELY IMPACTING MANAGED POLLINATOR 

4 BEE HEALTH. 

5 (a) DEFINITION OF MANAGED POLLINATOR BEE.— 

6 Section 2(o) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

7 Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136(o)) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(2) MANAGED POLLINATOR BEE.—The term 

14 ‘managed pollinator bee’ means any bee that is 

15 raised and housed in a managed hive or other appro16 priate housing and used for honey production, man17 aged pollination of crops, or breeding for commercial 

18 purposes.’’. 

19 (b) EXPEDITED REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES TO

20 IMPROVE MANAGED POLLINATOR BEE HEALTH.—Section 

21 3(c)(10) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

22 Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(10)) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end 

24 the following new clause: 


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1 ‘‘(v) Improve managed pollinator bee 

2 health, including managing resistance to 

3 parasitic pests.’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(D) An application for registration or an 

7 amendment that is reasonably expected to im8 prove the health of managed pollinator bees, in9 cluding managing resistance to parasitic pests 

10 of managed pollinator bees, shall qualify for ex11 pedited review according to subparagraph (B) 

12 pursuant to the applicable decision time review 

13 period under section 33.’’. 

14 (c) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

15 (1) USDA REPORT.—Not later than one year 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec17 retary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee 

18 on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 

19 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For20 estry of the Senate a report that addresses the ex21 tent and scope of the threat to the health of man22 aged pollinator bees from— 

23 (A) pathological factors, including the spe24 cies of parasitic mite known as Varroa mite 


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1 (Varroa destructor), other arthropod pests, and 

2 fungal, microbial, and viral diseases; and 

3 (B) environmental factors, including the 

4 habitat, forage, beekeeper practices and hus5 bandry, and nutritional needs of managed polli6 nator bees. 

7 (2) EPA REPORT.—Not later than one year 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad9 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

10 shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag12 riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that 

13 details— 

14 (A) the availability of pesticides for man15 agement of parasitic pests that adversely im16 pact the health of managed pollinator bees, par17 ticularly including the Varroa mite (Varroa de18 structor); and 

19 (B) the efforts by the Environmental Pro20 tection Agency to expedite approvals of new 

21 products to control parasitic pests of managed 

22 pollinator bees, including products to mitigate 

23 resistance to products currently available. 

24 (3) DEFINITION OF MANAGED POLLINATOR

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1 nator bee’’ means any bee that is raised and housed 

2 in a managed hive or other appropriate housing and 

3 used for honey production, managed pollination of 

4 crops, or breeding for commercial purposes. 

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