INSECTS

Bills and resolutions

BatWeek: designate (see H. Res. 663), H8678 [30OC]

CDC: award grants to States to implement a tick identification pilot program (see H.R. 3568), H5257 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: mitigate threat of invasive species in forests (see H.R. 3244), H4627 [12JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (see S. 1657), S3105 [23MY] (see H.R. 3073), H4216 [3JN]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (see H.R. 220), H209 [3JA]

Dept. of the Interior: create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see S. 3117), S7207 [19DE] (see H.R. 2918), H4118 [22MY]

——— periodically reevaluate and display a need for a species to remain on the endangered species list (see H.R. 5095), H8877 [14NO]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements to hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (see S. 600), S1593 [28FE] (see H.R. 2460), H3404 [1MY]

——— modify hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (see S. 1255), S2516 [30AP]

——— provide grants to carry out activities to benefit pollinators on roadsides, including planting and seeding of native, locally-appropriate grasses and wildflowers (see S. 2918), S6718 [20NO]

Diseases and disorders: reauthorize Mosquito Abatement Safety and Health Act and epidemiology laboratory capacity grants and require a GAO study on existing mosquito and other vector-borne surveillance and control programs (see H.R. 345), H284 [8JA]

Endangered species: provide that nonnative species shall not be treated as endangered or threatened species (see H.R. 30), H201 [3JA]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 1337), H2100 [25FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit use of funds for grants on the history of wine in foreign countries, whether insects are attracted to artificial light, or levels of stress on humans when discussing politics (see H.R. 4837), H8456 [23OC]

Forest Service: authorize insect and disease treatment programs on certain Federal land (see H.R. 691), H958 [18JA]

——— provide funding to promote reforestation following unplanned events such as wildfires, insects and disease on Federal land (see S. 3106), S7207 [19DE]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2607), H3501 [8MY]

National Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease and Conditions Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 412), H4180 [30MY]

Research: authorize spittlebug research and extension grants (see H.R. 5362), H9386 [9DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit use of neonicotinoids as insecticides in national wildlife refuges (see S. 1856), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 2854), H4010 [20MY]

Letters

Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Paula Jackson Jones, Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (organization), S3112 [23MY]

——— Vector-Borne Disease Network and allied organizations, S3111 [23MY]

Remarks in House

BatWeek: designate (H. Res. 663), H8942 [18NO]

CDC: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases funding, H4538–H4540 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: emergency funding to stop spread of spotted lanternfly in Pennsylvania, H8543 [29OC]

Dept. of Defense: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program tick-borne disease research funding, H4714 [18JN]

——— investigate bioweaponization of ticks and other insects, H5653 [11JY]

Dept. of HHS: provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (H.R. 3073), H4539 [12JN], H5273 [9JY]

——— provide for a national strategy to address and overcome Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, H10594 [17DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a working group to study regulatory and legislative improvements to hours of service requirements relative to transportation of livestock and insects (H.R. 2460), H3509 [9MY]

Diseases and disorders: combating malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS funding, E630 [20MY]

Enterprise, AL: anniversary of Boll Weevil Monument, E1575 [11DE]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (H.R. 1337), H4997 [20JN], E206 [25FE]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks, H7551 [9SE], H8651 [30OC]

Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month: observance, H3106 [8AP]

National Pollinator Week: observance, H4767 [18JN], H4997 [20JN]

Oak Harbor, OH: Monarch City USA (organization) member, H4997 [20JN]

Port Clinton, OH: Monarch City USA (organization) member, H4997 [20JN]

Sandusky, OH: Monarch City USA (organization) member, H4997 [20JN]

Remarks in Senate

BatWeek: observance, S6386 [5NO]

Dept. of HHS: provide assistance to combat escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases (S. 1657), S3111, S3112 [23MY]

Wyoming Weed and Pest Council: anniversary, S6238 [29OC]

Reports filed

Ticks—Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1657), S6391 [5NO]

Summaries

Tick-Borne Diseases Report: Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, H4538 [12JN]