I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6470 
To define urban rodent control for purposes of clarifying the control of 
nuisance mammals and birds carried out by the Wildlife services program 
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and by the private 
sector, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. MULVANEY (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. DUNCAN of 
Tennessee, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. 
GUTHRIE, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To define urban rodent control for purposes of clarifying 
the control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out 
by the Wildlife services program of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service and by the private sector, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pest Elimination Serv-
ices Transparency and Terminology’’ or the ‘‘PESTT 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. URBAN RODENT CONTROL DEFINED. 
Title I of the Rural Development, Agriculture, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 (Public Law 
100–202; 101 Stat. 1329–331) is amended in the last pro-
viso under the heading ‘‘ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH IN-
SPECTION SERVICE—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ (7 U.S.C. 
426c), by striking ‘‘Animal Damage Control activities’’ at 
the end and inserting ‘‘Animal Damage Control activities, 
and the term ‘urban rodent control’ means efforts to di-
rectly control any mammal in the order Rodentia in a loca-
tion that is not an airport or in a rural area (as defined 
in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490))’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF WILDLIFE SERVICES 
PROGRAM 
OF 
THE 
ANIMAL 
AND 
PLANT 
HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE. 
Not later than October 1, 2013, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States 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— 
(1) identifies activities carried out by the Wild-
life Services program of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service that can be carried out by 
entities with appropriate expertise and capacity in 
the private sector; 
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(2) prioritizes the activities conducted by the 
Wildlife Services program that— 
(A) are vital to the protection of public 
health and safety and agricultural production; 
and 
(B) can be performed by the entities re-
ferred to in paragraph (1); and 
(3) recommends ways, including any necessary 
changes to Federal statutes, to avoid duplicative 
work being conducted by the Wildlife Services pro-
gram and the private sector. 
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