3.0.0 3188 2023-01-15T06:48:02Z 2023-01-15T06:48:02Z House H HR 2003-09-25 108 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2003-10-08T15:32:32Z Referred to 2003-09-25T14:02:05Z Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 108 1664 S 2003-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2003-10-15 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2003-10-08 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research. Committee 2003-09-25 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-09-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-09-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000491 Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] FRANK LUCAS R OK D. 3 N G000289 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] ROBERT GOODLATTE R VA W. 6 2003-09-25 True S000851 Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] CHARLES STENHOLM D TX W. 17 2003-09-25 True H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2003-09-25 True H001029 Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] ROBIN HAYES R NC 8 2003-10-28 False N000051 Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] GEORGE NETHERCUTT R WA 5 2003-10-28 False Agriculture and Food Accounting Administrative fees Administrative remedies Affiliated corporations Agricultural labor Auditing Commerce Computer software Computers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Environmental assessment Federal employees Fees Finance and Financial Sector Financial statements Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Government trust funds Health Internet Judicial review Labor and Employment Law Licenses Occupational health and safety Pesticide pollution Pesticide regulation Pesticide residues Pesticides Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Small business Web sites Agriculture and Food 00 2003-09-25 Introduced in House 2003-10-08T15:31:58Z Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to revise registration and maintenance fee requirements for pesticides. (Fees collected are used to help defray the administrative costs of pesticide regulation.)

Modifies certain timing requirements as they concern the submission of product-specific data and other regulatory action.

Increases and then decreases the maximum amount of maintenance fees payable by registrants, including small businesses, through FY 2008, with the highest levels of fees occurring during FY 2005 and 2006.

Extends the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) authority to collect maintenance, but not tolerance, fees through FY 2008. (Maintenance fees are assessed on already registered or reregistered pesticides; tolerance fees are assessed on pesticides used on food or animal feed which are subject to more stringent regulatory requirements.)

Directs the Administrator of the EPA to assess and collect covered pesticide registration service fees for applications submitted from FY 2004 onward. (Registration fees would apply to new pesticide applications only.) Provides transitional requirements for pending applications.

Sets forth the Administrator's responsibilities concerning the publication and revision of the schedule of registration service fees, including a mandatory increase by FY 2006.

Permits the waiver or reduction of these fees for minor uses or small businesses. Provides for partial fee refunds when an application is withdrawn or at the Administrator's discretion.

Establishes the Pesticide Registration Fund in the Treasury to collect registration fees. Limits the use of these funds to associated regulatory costs, except for limited earmarks for worker protection and the review of new inert ingredients.

Makes these funds available only to the extent provided in advance through appropriations acts. Prohibits the assessment of registration fees in any year where the amount appropriated for the Office of Pesticide Programs of the EPA is less than the amount appropriated for that Office for FY 2002.

Addresses several issues concerning decision time review periods, including the goal of reducing existing periods, schedule publication requirements, determining their start, and how they are impacted by waiver or reduction requests.

Provides for judicial review if the Administrator fails to make a determination on an application before the expiration of the applicable decision time review period.

Terminates the registration service fee after FY 2010, with a phase out occuring during the final two years.

]]> Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 Display Title Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for the enhanced review of covered pesticide products, to authorize fees for certain pesticide products, and to extend and improve the collection of maintenance fees. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-09-25T04:00:00Z 2003-10-15 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.