[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3001 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3001

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2013

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
permit commercial applicators of pesticides to create, retain, submit, 
 and convey pesticide application-related records, reports, data, and 
                 other information in electronic form.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Pest Management Records 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING COMMERCIAL APPLICATORS OF PESTICIDES TO USE ELECTRONIC 
              RECORDS 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:
    ``(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.''.
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