HR 4079 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

Introduced Jun 23, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Earl Blumenauer D-OR

Latest action · Jul 28, 2021 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.

IntroducedJun 23, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2021

This bill addresses the use of certain pesticides and the health and status of native bees and other pollinators.

First, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Pollinator Protection Board to develop an independent review process for pesticides that pose a threat to pollinators and their habitats.

All active ingredients and pesticide products that contain one or more specified neonicotinoid pesticides must be deemed to generally cause unreasonable adverse effects to the environment. Under the bill, the registration of all uses of neonicotinoid pesticides must be immediately and permanently canceled.

The EPA must revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of a neonicotinoid pesticide, or any pesticide chemical residue that results from neonicotinoid pesticide use, in or on food.

The continued sale or use of existing stocks of neonicotinoid pesticides is prohibited, and the EPA may not register any such pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

The bill requires the Department of the Interior, the EPA, and the Department of Agriculture to coordinate monitoring activities and report on the health and population status of native bees and other pollinators.

Finally, a state or federal agency may be granted an exemption to use neonicotinoid pesticides if the board votes that use of the pesticide is warranted (1) in an emergency situation to avert significant risk to threatened or endangered species, (2) to quarantine invasive species, or (3) to protect public health.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2021 to Sep 19, 2022; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jun 23, 2021
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jun 24, 2021
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jun 24, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jun 24, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild		Jun 24, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jun 25, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Jun 25, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele		Jun 29, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Jun 29, 2021
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 16, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 16, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 16, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jul 16, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jul 16, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jul 16, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jul 16, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Jul 28, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jul 28, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Aug 3, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Aug 3, 2021
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Aug 3, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Aug 3, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Aug 6, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Sep 10, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Sep 10, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Sep 10, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Sep 10, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Sep 10, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Oct 19, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Oct 28, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Dec 14, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Feb 3, 2022
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Mar 7, 2022
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Mar 15, 2022
D-IL	Bill Foster		Mar 28, 2022
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Apr 4, 2022
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 26, 2022
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		Jul 7, 2022
D-CA	Katie Porter		Jul 7, 2022
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Sep 19, 2022

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 Jun 23, 2021
	Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee	Referred Jul 28, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 28, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Jun 23, 2021Introduced in House
Jun 23, 2021Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 109, June 23, 2021, page H3082.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to take certain actions related to pesticides that may affect pollinators, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 23, 2021Introduced in House

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