A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

Bill: 113-s-175
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-01-29
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Licensing and registrations

Pest management
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that no permit shall be required for: (1) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise authorized for use under such Act; (2) the use of a biological control organism for the prevention, control, or eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed that is in accordance with the Plant Protection Act; or (3) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious weed, or pest control activity conducted in accordance with the Plant Protection Act.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 175 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 29, 2013 Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Johanns , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Thune , Mr. Vitter , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Moran , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Inhofe , and Mr. Boozman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

1. Use of registered pesticides Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( 7 U.S.C. 136a(f) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) Use of registered pesticides Notwithstanding any other law, no permit shall be required for— (A) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise authorized for use under this Act, if that use is in accordance with this Act; or (B) (i) the use of a biological control organism (as defined in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7702)) for the prevention, control, or eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed, if that use is in accordance with that Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.); or (ii) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious weed, or pest control activity under that Act, if that activity is conducted in accordance with that Act. .