HR 4225 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

School Environment Protection Act

Introduced Mar 20, 2012 Originated House Sponsor Rush Holt D-NJ

Latest action · Apr 12, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 20, 2012
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

School Environment Protection Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require each local educational agency (agency) of a school district to implement an integrated pest management (IPM) program that: (1) applies to school buildings and school ground, (2) establishes an IPM coordinator within the agency, and (3) follows an IPM plan for addressing school pest problems.

Prohibits agencies or schools from using: (1) pesticides other than nontoxic or least toxic (as defined in this Act) pesticides, or (2) synthetic fertilizers. Permits an agency or school to use: (1) a least toxic pesticide as part of the IPM program only as a last resort and only if the area or room treated is unoccupied or not in use, and (2) only natural organic fertilizers.

Authorizes a school to use a pesticide otherwise if: (1) the school or agency determines that a pest in the school or on school grounds cannot be controlled after having used the IPM program and least toxic pesticides and it is a public health emergency, (2) the IPM coordinator approves of the application of the pesticide product, (3) the area or room treated is vacant during the application and for 24-hours after the application, (4) the application is made by a certified pesticide applicator, and (5) the school notifies the parents or guardians of each student 24 hours before application of the pesticide. Sets forth requirements for such notification.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a National School Integrated Pest Management Advisory Board to: (1) establish uniform standards and criteria for developing IPM, and (2) develop standards for the use of least toxic pesticides in schools.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) appoint an official for school pest management within EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs to coordinate the implementation of IPM programs in schools, and (2) publish an IPM plan and a list of products containing the least toxic pesticides and restrictions on their use.

Requires each agency, state pesticide lead agency, and the Administrator to create school environments that are protected from pesticides that drift from treated land to school grounds.

Establishes the Integrated Pest Management Trust Fund. Requires the Administrator to provide grants to agencies to implement IPM systems.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2012 to Apr 18, 2012; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-MO	Russ Carnahan	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Original	Mar 20, 2012
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 18, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Mar 20, 2012
	Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee	Referred Apr 12, 2012

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 12, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
Mar 20, 2012Introduced in House
Mar 20, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H1427-H1428] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. HOLT: H.R. 4225. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1428.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require local educational agencies and schools to implement integrated pest management programs to minimize the use of pesticides in schools and to provide parents, guardians, and employees with notice of the use of pesticides in schools, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: School Environment Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 20, 2012Introduced in House

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