US Congress House Bill 6470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)
Status: Introduced on September 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
Pending: House Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pest Elimination Services Transparency and Terminology or the PESTT Act - Amends the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988, with respect to nuisance animal control activities and agreements of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), to define "urban rodent control" (excepted from such activities) as efforts to directly control any mammal in the order Rodentia in a location that is not an airport or in a rural area. Requires the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress on activities carried out by the Wildlife Services program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that: (1) identifies activities that can be carried out by private sector entities, (2) prioritizes those vital to the protection of public health and safety and agricultural production and that can be performed by such entities, and (3) recommends ways to avoid duplication by the Wildlife Services program and the private sector.

Pest Elimination Services Transparency and Terminology

Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-11-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
2012-09-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6470/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6470/BILLS-112hr6470ih.pdf