INSECTS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: make supplemental appropriations for combating tree and wood pests and certain forest health management and urban and community forestry activities (see H.R. 4099), H2000 [26FE]

Dept. of the Interior: identify and declare wildlife disease emergencies and coordinate rapid response to these emergencies (see H.R. 5156), H6398 [17JY]

Diseases: provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [21MY]

Endangered species: remove the American burying beetle from the endangered species list (see S. 2678), S5050 [29JY]

Pesticides: increase availability of pesticides for the management of parasitic pests that adversely impact the health of managed pollinator bees (see H.R. 5447), H7433 [10SE]

Roads and highways: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators (see H.R. 4790), H5063 [30MY]

Remarks in House

Berenbaum, May: National Medal of Science recipient, H8200 [1DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service eradication of specialty crop pests funding, H5289 [11JN]

——— make supplemental appropriations for combating tree and wood pests and certain forest health management and urban and community forestry activities (H.R. 4099), E250 [26FE]

——— support alternative methods to tree removal to combat Asian long-horned beetle, H5283 [11JN]

Diseases: provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (H.R. 4701), H7344–H7347 [9SE]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (H.R. 2692), H5500 [19JN]

National Pollinator Week: observance, H5500 [19JN]

Roads and highways: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators (H.R. 4790), E895 [30MY]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: impact of climate change on New Hampshire, S3503 [9JN], S3797 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program funding, S722 [4FE]

Reports filed

Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4701) (H. Rept. 113–573), H7295 [8SE]

Texts of

H.R. 4701, Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act, H7344 [9SE]