INSECTS

Bills and resolutions

Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund: establish (see S. 220), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 853), H700 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see S. 719), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 610, 611), H454 [12FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Agriculture Inspection (see H.R. 1536), H1991 [12AP]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H4522 [16JY]

Forest Service: designate national forest acreage as disease and insect infestation treatment areas (see S. 745), S2749 [17AP]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 818), H627 [25FE]

——— improve response to insect infestations and forest diseases, change the Healthy Forests Reserve Program funding source, codify stewardship end result contracting, and improve post fire rehabilitation (see H.R. 1442), H1857 [9AP]

National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (see H.R. 1895), H2533 [8MY]

National Moth Week: designate (see S. Res. 70), S1270 [7MR]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: consult with Dept. of the Interior and EPA to address decline of bee population, H3870–H3872 [19JN]

——— develop and provide science-based tools and treatments to combat coffee berry borer and establish area-wide pest management program, H3920 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (H.R. 610), E1777 [3DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Agriculture Inspection (H.R. 1536), E437 [12AP]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators, H4490 [16JY]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (H.R. 2692), E1066 [16JY]

Forest Service: streamline management of pine beetle infestation and clearing of infested trees to reduce forest fire risk, H3900 [19JN]

Remarks in Senate

Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund: establish, S4045, S4046 [10JN]

Testimonies

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee Establishment: Patricia Smith, Lyme Disease Association, Inc., E1779 [3DE]

Texts of

S. Res. 70, National Moth Week, S1272 [7MR]