[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 175 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 175

  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
           improve the use of certain registered pesticides.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2013

  Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
 Vitter, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Moran, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, and 
 Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
           improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF REGISTERED PESTICIDES.

    Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Use of registered pesticides.--Notwithstanding any 
        other law, no permit shall be required for--
                    ``(A) the use of a pesticide that is registered or 
                otherwise authorized for use under this Act, if that 
                use is in accordance with this Act; or
                    ``(B)(i) the use of a biological control organism 
                (as defined in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act 
                (7 U.S.C. 7702)) for the prevention, control, or 
                eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed, if that 
                use is in accordance with that Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et 
                seq.); or
                    ``(ii) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious 
                weed, or pest control activity under that Act, if that 
                activity is conducted in accordance with that Act.''.
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