HR 872 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 2, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Bob Gibbs R-OH

Latest action · Jun 21, 2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.

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 2, 2011
Passed HouseMar 31, 2011
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Version

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on March 31, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state from requiring a permit under the CWA for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.

Exempts from such prohibition 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 or industrial effluent or treatment works effluent and discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling prevention.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 206	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed292–130	Mar 31, 2011

Cosponsors 137

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2011 to Mar 29, 2011; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-CA	Joe Baca	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-FL	John L. Mica	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Mar 2, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens	Original	Mar 2, 2011
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Mar 8, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott		Mar 8, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank		Mar 8, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores		Mar 8, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Mar 8, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Mar 8, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 8, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Mar 8, 2011
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Mar 8, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Mar 8, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 8, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Mar 8, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Mar 8, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden		Mar 8, 2011
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Mar 8, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Mar 8, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 8, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Mar 8, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 8, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Mar 8, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Mar 8, 2011
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Mar 8, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Mar 8, 2011
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Mar 8, 2011
R-AL	Martha Roby		Mar 8, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 8, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Mar 8, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Mar 8, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Mar 8, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Mar 8, 2011
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Mar 8, 2011
R-IA	Steve King		Mar 8, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		Mar 8, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Mar 8, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Mar 8, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Mar 8, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Mar 8, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 8, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Mar 9, 2011
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Mar 9, 2011
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Mar 9, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Mar 9, 2011
R-PA	Tom Marino		Mar 9, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Mar 11, 2011
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Mar 11, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Mar 11, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long		Mar 11, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 11, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Mar 11, 2011
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Mar 11, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Mar 11, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Mar 11, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Mar 11, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson		Mar 11, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul		Mar 11, 2011
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Mar 11, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Mar 11, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 15, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Mar 15, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco		Mar 15, 2011
R-OK	James Lankford		Mar 15, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Mar 15, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry		Mar 15, 2011
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Mar 15, 2011
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Mar 15, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Mar 15, 2011
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Mar 15, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 15, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Mar 15, 2011
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Mar 15, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Mar 15, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 15, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Mar 16, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Mar 16, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 16, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Mar 16, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 17, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren		Mar 17, 2011
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Mar 17, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Mar 17, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 17, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Mar 17, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria		Mar 17, 2011
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Mar 17, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		Mar 29, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Mar 29, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Mar 29, 2011
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Mar 29, 2011
R-MN	Chip Cravaack		Mar 29, 2011
R-MI	Dave Camp		Mar 29, 2011
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Mar 29, 2011
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 29, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Mar 29, 2011
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Mar 29, 2011
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 29, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Mar 29, 2011
D-GA	John Barrow		Mar 29, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 29, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Mar 29, 2011
R-TX	Kay Granger		Mar 29, 2011
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Mar 29, 2011
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Mar 29, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence		Mar 29, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Mar 29, 2011
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Mar 29, 2011
R-ND	Rick Berg		Mar 29, 2011
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Mar 29, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Mar 29, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Mar 29, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Mar 29, 2011
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Mar 29, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		Mar 29, 2011
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Mar 29, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Mar 29, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Mar 29, 2011
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Mar 29, 2011

Committees 3

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Mar 2, 2011Markup Mar 16, 2011Reported Mar 29, 2011
	Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee	Referred Mar 3, 2011Discharged Mar 16, 2011
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Mar 2, 2011Markup Mar 9, 2011Reported Mar 29, 2011
Senate	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee	Referred Apr 4, 2011Markup Jun 21, 2011Reported Jun 21, 2011

Actions 22

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 21, 2011Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 21, 2011Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Stabenow without amendment. Without written report.
Jun 21, 2011Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
Apr 4, 2011Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 31, 2011Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2129-2130)

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In the Congressional Record 15

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S7783	Pat Roberts R-KS	Dec 12, 2012
Senate	Amendments S1050	Chuck Grassley R-IA (amendment), John Boozman R-AR (amendment), John Hoeven R-ND (amendment), John Thune R-SD (amendment), Mike Johanns R-NE (amendment), Richard G. Lugar R-IN (amendment), Saxby Chambliss R-GA (amendment), Thad Cochran R-MS (amendment)	Feb 27, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H7422	E. Scott Rigell R-VA	Nov 14, 2011
Senate	Debate and remarks S7014	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Nov 2, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H7168, H7191, H7192	Cory Gardner R-CO, Randy Hultgren R-IL, Tim Griffin R-AR	Nov 1, 2011

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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.

Committee reports

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 3

Jun 23, 2011H.R. 872, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on June 21, 2011
Mar 21, 2011H.R. 872, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 16, 2011
Mar 11, 2011H.R. 872, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on March 9, 2011

Constitutional authority

[Pages H1524-H1525] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. GIBBS: H.R. 872. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1525.

Printed hearings 7

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013349 pages	Appropriations Committee	Nov 16, 2012
S. Hrg. 112-731	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013604 pages	Appropriations Committee	Feb 29, 2012–May 16, 2012
Serial No. 112-045	ADRIFT IN NEW REGULATORY BURDENS AND UNCERTAINTY: A REVIEW OF PROPOSED AND POTENTIAL REGULATIONS ON FAMILY FARMERS157 pages	Small Business Committee	Nov 17, 2011
S. Hrg. 112-286	OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECIALTY CROPS AND ORGANICS IN THE FARM BILL150 pages	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee	Jul 28, 2011
Serial No. 112-35	REGULATORY IMPEDIMENTS TO JOB CREATION IN THE NORTHEAST--PART I95 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Apr 20, 2011

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CRS reports 7

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 7

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL32884	Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict? Archived	Report	Dec 15, 2016
R42879	Federal Regulation of Chemicals in Commerce: An Overview of Issues for the 113th Congress Archived	Report	May 30, 2013
R41613	Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 112th Congress Archived	Report	Jan 22, 2013
R41594	Water Quality Issues in the 112th Congress: Oversight and Implementation Archived	Report	Jan 3, 2013
R42552	The 2012 Farm Bill: A Comparison of Senate-Passed S. 3240 and the House Agriculture Committee’s H.R. 6083 with Current Law Archived	Report	Oct 24, 2012

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Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
SA 919	No description on file	Pat Roberts R-KS	Senate amendment submitted

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1720	Jobs Through Growth Act	Related bill	Oct 18, 2011
S 2365	WEST Act	Related bill	Apr 25, 2012
S 3605	Restoring Effective Environmental Protection Act of 2012	Related bill	Sep 20, 2012

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011
Short Titles as Reported to House: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011
Short Titles as Reported to Senate: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011
Short Titles as Passed House: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 21, 2011Reported to Senate
Apr 4, 2011Referred in Senate
Mar 31, 2011Engrossed in House
Mar 29, 2011Reported in House
Mar 2, 2011Introduced in House

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