HR 897 · 114th Congress · Environmental Protection

Zika Vector Control Act

Introduced 2015-02-11· Sponsored by Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]· House

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Latest: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570.(2016-07-14)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2016-05-24
Roll #237
Yea 258Nay 156
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2016-05-24
Roll #237
Yea 258Nay 156
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
FailedHouse · 2016-05-24
Roll #236
Yea 182Nay 232
Democrats
179 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
3 Yea·231 Nay
FailedHouse · 2016-05-17
Roll #199
Yea 262Nay 159
Democrats
23 Yea·159 Nay
Republicans
239 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2016-05-17
Roll #199
Yea 262Nay 159
Democrats
23 Yea·159 Nay
Republicans
239 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency or a state from requiring a permit under the Clean Water Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA, or a residue resulting from the application of the pesticide. Point source pollution is waste discharged from a distinct place, such as a pipe, channel, or tunnel. The bill establishes exemptions for the following discharges containing a pesticide or pesticide residue: (1) a discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of FIFRA that is relevant to protecting water quality, if the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation or the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue contained in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation; (2) stormwater discharges regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); and (3) discharges regulated under NPDES of manufacturing …

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 897, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015

Mar 26, 2015

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on March 19, 2015

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Republicans