INSECTS

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see S. 532), S2306 [14MR] (see H.R. 1084), H955 [15MR]

———strengthen the penalties for violations of plant quarantine laws (see S. 118), S100 [22JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide payments to producers of forage crops for losses due to army worms (see S. 1354), S8910 [3AU]

Health: carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems in children and establish a pest control services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (see H.R. 2288), H3465 [21JN]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 111), H59 [6JA]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 969), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 2118), H3002 [8JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication funding, H3759 [28JN]

EPA: pesticide registration and assessment funding, H4832, H4833 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 532), S2313-S2316 [14MR]

———strengthen the penalties for violations of plant quarantine laws (S. 118), S390 [22JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide payments to producers of forage crops for losses due to army worms, S8502 [1AU]

EPA: pesticide registration and assessment funding, S8666, S8667 [2AU]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use, S6398 [19JN], S6515 [20JN]

Texts of

S. 118, Fruit, Vegetable, and Plant Smuggling Prevention Act, S391 [22JA]

S. 532, permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada, S2313-S2315 [14MR]