21st Century Pest Management Records Act

Bill: 113-hr-3001
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-02
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records

Computers and information technology

Government information and archives

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Pest management
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>21st Century Pest Management Records Act - Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize commercial applicators of pesticides to create, retain, submit, and convey a pesticide application-related record, report, data, or other information in electronic form to satisfy any federal, state, or local law.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3001 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2013 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to permit commercial applicators of pesticides to create, retain, submit, and convey pesticide application-related records, reports, data, and other information in electronic form.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 21st Century Pest Management Records Act . 2. Allowing commercial applicators of pesticides To use electronic records to comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements Section 1491 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 136i–1 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Electronic Recordkeeping and Reporting Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Federal, State, or local law, commercial applicators of pesticides, including commercial applicators of restricted use pesticides, may create, retain, submit, and convey a pesticide application-related record, report, data, or other information in electronic form in order to satisfy any requirement for such creation, retention, submission, or conveyance, respectively, under any Federal, State, or local law. .