US Congress House Bill 3710 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 19-1)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Pending: House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2015 This bill amends the Plant Protection Act to allow state, local, or tribal governments to use methyl bromide as a fumigant if: (1) the use is required to respond to an emergency concerning a significant economic loss of crops to pests or diseases, and (2) the Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not object to that use within a specified time period. The bill allows this use of methyl bromide during an emergency event regardless of whether the use is registered and included in the label approved for the product by the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The bill limits the amount of methyl bromide that may be used per emergency event at a specific location to not more than 20 metric tons. The aggregate amount of methyl bromide used in the United States each year may not exceed the total amount authorized under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The bill gives USDA exclusive authority for determining which species are considered quarantine pests.

Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2015

Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]
Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
2015-10-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2015-10-08	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3710/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3710/BILLS-114hr3710ih.pdf