I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3710 
To amend the Plant Protection Act with respect to authorized uses of methyl 
bromide, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2015 
Mr. LAMALFA (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. AUS-
TIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. 
FINCHER, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, and Mr. 
YOHO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Plant Protection Act with respect to 
authorized uses of methyl bromide, 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 ‘‘Safe Agriculture Pro-
duction Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. METHYL BROMIDE. 
Section 419 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7719) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 419. METHYL BROMIDE. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), a State, local, or tribal authority may au-
thorize the use of methyl bromide for a qualified use 
if the authority determines the use is required to re-
spond to an emergency event. The Secretary may 
authorize such a use if the Secretary determines 
such a use is required to respond to an emergency 
event. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 5 days 
after the date on which a State, local, or tribal au-
thority makes the determination described in para-
graph (1), the State, local, or tribal authority in-
tending to authorize the use of methyl bromide for 
a qualified use shall submit to the Secretary a notifi-
cation that contains the information described in 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) OBJECTION.—A State, local, or tribal au-
thority may not authorize the use of methyl bromide 
under paragraph (1) if the Secretary objects to such 
use under subsection (c) within the 5-day period 
specified in such subsection. 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION CONTENTS.—A notification sub-
mitted under subsection (a)(2) by a State, local, or tribal 
authority shall contain— 
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‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS
ON
USE
PER
EMERGENCY 
EVENT.—The amount of methyl bromide that may 
be used per emergency event at a specific location 
shall not exceed 20 metric tons. 
‘‘(2) LIMITS
ON
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT.—The 
aggregate amount of methyl bromide allowed pursu-
ant to this section for use in the United States in 
a calendar year shall not exceed the total amount 
authorized by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol 
pursuant to the Montreal Protocol process for crit-
ical uses in the United States in calendar year 2011. 
‘‘(f) ENSURING ADEQUATE SUPPLY
OF METHYL 
BROMIDE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
it shall not be unlawful for any person or entity to produce 
or import methyl bromide, or otherwise supply methyl bro-
mide from inventories (produced or imported pursuant to 
the Clean Air Act for other purposes) in response to an 
emergency event in accordance with subsection (a). 
‘‘(g) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.— 
The Secretary shall have the exclusive Federal authority 
with respect to determining which species are considered 
quarantine pests (as defined in section 319.37–1 of title 
7, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date 
of the enactment of the Safe Agriculture Production Act 
of 2015). 
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