[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5714 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5714


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 3, 2014

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 AN 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.

    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 ``Pest Management Records 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.