S 175 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

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

Introduced Jan 29, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Pat Roberts R-KS

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 29, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2013 to Feb 26, 2013; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-LADavid VitterOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-NEMike JohannsOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-MORoy BluntOriginalJan 29, 2013
R-NEDeb FischerJan 30, 2013
R-IDJames E. RischFeb 14, 2013
R-ALJeff SessionsFeb 25, 2013
R-GASaxby ChamblissFeb 26, 2013

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateAgriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Referred Jan 29, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 29, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 29, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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.

CRS reports 3

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

Cite it 3

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

Titles 1

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

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

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 29, 2013Introduced in Senate

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