US Congress House Bill 2031 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on May 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expediting Agriculture Through Science Act or EATS Act - Amends the Plant Protection Act to include biotechnology products among the plant pests that a person may petition the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to have added or removed from regulations allowing such products' importation, entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce without a permit. Revises provisions regarding the Secretary's response to such a petition to require the Secretary to: (1) determine whether to approve such petition not later than 180 days after the petition's receipt, with two permitted 30-day extensions; (2) notify the petitioner of such extensions; and (3) provide a denied petitioner with denial information and an opportunity to remedy deficiencies. Deems a petition approved if the Secretary has not made a determination to approve the petition by the end of the 240-day period beginning on the date of the petition's receipt.

EATS Act

Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]

Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]

Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
2011-05-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E984)
2011-05-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2031/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2031/BILLS-112hr2031ih.pdf