AIPM Act of 2015
Latest action · Nov 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
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.
- IntroducedNov 3, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Areawide Integrated Pest Management Act of 2015 or the AIPM Act of 2015
This bill amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to expand the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program to include grants to colleges, universities, and other entities for qualified areawide integrated pest management projects to prevent the spread of pests and invasive species.
The bill establishes an areawide integrated pest management committee to consider stakeholder feedback and determine priorities for the projects.
The projects must be implemented on a landscape scale or larger and include collaboration with specified federal, regional, state, and nongovernmental entities. The projects may prevent the spread of pests and invasive species through: prevention, avoidance, monitoring, and suppression; educational programs; and physical, mechanical, cultural biologically-based, or chemical controls.
A qualified project must:
- provide for significant benefits for the prevention, eradication, or management of pests and invasive species;
- provide for economic and environmental benefits to agriculture, individuals, wildlife, and the environment;
- address the annual priorities established by the integrated pest management committee;
- last no more than five years;
- establish a regional advisory committee to oversee the project; and
- involve the cooperative extension services in translating the results of research into practical information and tools to be shared.
USDA must transfer to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture the authority for the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 3, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
- Nov 3, 2015Introduced in House
- Nov 3, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Nov 3, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7638)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Ecology
- Education programs funding
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Higher education
- Pest management
- Research administration and funding
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 3, 2015Introduced in House
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