I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3893 
To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 with respect to grants for certain areawide integrated pest 
management projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2015 
Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
and Mr. PIERLUISI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu-
cation Reform Act of 1998 with respect to grants for 
certain areawide integrated pest management projects, 
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 ‘‘Areawide Integrated 
Pest Management Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘AIPM Act of 
2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. QUALIFIED AREAWIDE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGE-
MENT PROJECTS. 
(a) QUALIFIED AREAWIDE INTEGRATED PEST MAN-
AGEMENT PROJECTS.—Section 406 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
(7 U.S.C. 7626) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and qualified areawide 
integrated pest management projects’’ before 
the period at the end; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture,’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and qualified areawide 
integrated pest management projects’’ after 
‘‘extension projects’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘With respect to a grant 
under this section providing funding for a qualified 
areawide integrated pest management project, the 
Secretary may renew such grant for an additional 
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term of a duration to be determined by the Sec-
retary.’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (h); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(e) GRANTS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR QUALIFIED 
AREAWIDE PEST MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity seeking a grant 
under this section providing funding for a qualified 
areawide integrated pest management project shall 
submit to the Secretary an application at such time 
and in such manner and that contains such informa-
tion as the Secretary may require, including detailed 
information on— 
‘‘(A) the goals of the project; 
‘‘(B) any individuals or entities involved in 
the project; 
‘‘(C) the projected benefits of the project; 
‘‘(D) details of the membership of the com-
mittee described in subsection (f)(2); 
‘‘(E) how the project may be continued 
after grant funds are no longer available for 
such project; and 
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‘‘(F) an analysis of the return on invest-
ment for the grant funds awarded to fund the 
project. 
‘‘(2) REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT
OF
REQUESTS
FOR 
APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with the integrated pest management 
committee established under section 1408C and 
other relevant stakeholders, develop requests for 
applications for qualified areawide integrated 
pest management projects that are consistent 
with the priorities established by such com-
mittee under such section. 
‘‘(B) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary shall so-
licit proposals for qualified areawide integrated 
pest management projects under this section by 
issuing requests for applications on an annual 
basis. The Secretary may not select new 
projects to receive funding through a grant 
under this section if, on the date on which the 
request is issued, there is not sufficient funding 
available to fund projects that, as of such date, 
are not complete and with respect to which 
grants were awarded under this section for the 
previous year. 
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