113 HR 5714 : Pest Management Records Modernization Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-12-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IIB 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5714 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 3, 2014Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryAN ACT To permit commercial applicators of pesticides to create, retain, submit, and convey pesticide application-related records, reports, data, and other information in electronic form.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pest Management Records Modernization Act.

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Use of electronic records by commercial applicators of pesticides to comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements

Section 1491 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 136i–1) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h)

Electronic Recordkeeping and Reporting

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Federal, State, or local law, commercial applicators of pesticides, including commercial applicators of restricted use pesticides, may create, retain, submit, and convey a pesticide application-related record, report, data, or other information in electronic form in order to satisfy any requirement for such creation, retention, submission, or conveyance, respectively, under any Federal, State, or local law..

Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk