INSECTS

Amendments

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (S. 969), S10737, S10768 [17OC]

Articles and editorials

On Hot Trail of Tiny Killer in Alaska, S7306 [24JY]

Parched Pinons Under Deadly Attack, S7427 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: provide emergency livestock assistance and assistance for control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets (see S. 2768), S7164 [22JY]

Animals: encourage pet owners to regularly visit their veterinarians for check-ups and advice on flea and tick control (see S. Res. 297), S6319 [28JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 2935), S8618 [13SE] (see S. 3105), S10359 [10OC] (see H.R. 4793), H2943 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY] (see H.R. 5341), H6084 [5SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 5329), H6059 [4SE]

Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (see S. 2118), S2578 [11AP] (see H.R. 4935), H3561 [13JN]

Remarks in House

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), H6785, H6789-H6793 [1OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (H.R. 5329), E1502 [5SE]

Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (H.R. 4935), E1054, E1067 [14JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 532), S7030 [18JY]

Alaska: effects of climate changes on spruce tree beetle infestations, S7306 [24JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), S9681 [1OC], S9860 [2OC]

———authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (S. 2935), S8620, S8621 [13SE]

———authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (S. 3105), S10384 [10OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide payments to producers of forage crops for losses due to army worms, S8250 [5SE]

Drought: disaster assistance to New Mexico, S7427 [26JY]

Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (S. 2118), S2591 [11AP]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (S. 969), S10767 [17OC]

Reports filed

Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4793) (H. Rept. 107-657), H6256 [13SE]

Texts of

H.R. 4793, Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act, H6789 [1OC]

S. 969, Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee, S10768 [17OC]

S. 2768, Emergency Livestock Assistance Act, S7169 [22JY]

S. 2935, Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act, S8620 [13SE]

S. Res. 297, encourage pet owners to regularly visit their veterinarians for check-ups and advice on flea and tick control, S6322 [28JN]