HR 1029 · 115th Congress · Environmental Protection

Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2018

Introduced 2017-02-14· Sponsored by Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]· House

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Latest: Message on Senate action sent to the House.(2018-06-29)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to revise requirements for pesticide registration applications and their corresponding pesticide maintenance fees and pesticide registration service fees. The bill: (1) extends the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collect the annual fees for registering pesticides; (2) increases the maximum amount of registration fees, including the fees for small businesses; (3) extends a prohibition on the EPA levying other fees for registering pesticides; and (4) revises requirements concerning the use of the Pesticide Registration Fund, including by requiring the EPA to use a portion of the fund to develop guidance for product performance data requirements for certain invertebrate pests of significant public health or economic importance (e.g., bed bugs). The EPA must determine whether to grant experimental use permits for pesticides within specified time frames. The bill adds new categories of pesticide registration applicants who are subject to the registration service fees, such as applications for inert ingredients. The EPA must also identify oppor…

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H.R. 1029, Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017

Mar 20, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on February 16, 2017

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H.R. 1029, Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2017

Jul 24, 2017

As reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on June 29, 2017

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