I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. EXPEDITED REGISTRATION OF PESTICIDES 
FOR MANAGEMENT OF PARASITIC PESTS AD-
VERSELY 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 appro-
priate housing and used for honey production, man-
aged 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: 
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‘‘(v) Improve managed pollinator bee 
health, including managing resistance to 
parasitic pests.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) An application for registration or an 
amendment that is reasonably expected to im-
prove the health of managed pollinator bees, in-
cluding managing resistance to parasitic pests 
of managed pollinator bees, shall qualify for ex-
pedited 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 Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee 
on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate a report that addresses the ex-
tent and scope of the threat to the health of man-
aged pollinator bees from— 
(A) pathological factors, including the spe-
cies of parasitic mite known as Varroa mite 
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(Varroa destructor), other arthropod pests, and 
fungal, microbial, and viral diseases; and 
(B) environmental factors, including the 
habitat, forage, beekeeper practices and hus-
bandry, and nutritional needs of managed polli-
nator bees. 
(2) EPA REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that 
details— 
(A) the availability of pesticides for man-
agement of parasitic pests that adversely im-
pact the health of managed pollinator bees, par-
ticularly including the Varroa mite (Varroa de-
structor); and 
(B) the efforts by the Environmental Pro-
tection 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 polli-
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nator 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. 
Æ 
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