US Congress House Bill 730 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 29-5)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture 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 Act

Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
2013-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/730/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr730/BILLS-113hr730ih.pdf