INSECTS

Bills and resolutions

BatWeek: designate (see S. Res. 436), S5213 [26OC] (see H. Res. 805), H5043 [24OC]

CDC: award grants to States to implement tick identification pilot program (see H.R. 4412), H3157 [30JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish fund for spotted wing drosophila research and mitigation (see S. 322), S311 [9FE]

——— establish pollinator-friendly plant labeling program (see S. 2199), S2224 [22JN]

——— expedite hazardous fuel or insect and disease risk reduction projects on certain National Forest System lands (see S. 808), S798 [15MR]

——— include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-priority research and extension intiative (see S. 1837), S2005 [7JN] (see H.R. 3867), H2762 [6JN]

——— mitigate threat of invasive species in forests (see S. 1238), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 3174), H2243 [10MY]

——— prioritize loan guarantees and grants under Rural Energy for America Program to solar projects that include creation of pollinator habitat (see S. 1555), S1623 [11MY]

——— provide research and extension grants to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact coffee plants (see S. 371), S312 [9FE] (see H.R. 965), H825 [9FE]

——— provide research and extension grants to support study of insects and pests that impact plantains and bananas (see H.R. 1455), H1205 [8MR]

——— require review of effectiveness of Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program (see S. 1836), S1983 [6JN] (see H.R. 2420), H1691 [30MR]

Dept. of the Interior: create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see S. 1708), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3494), H2453 [18MY]

——— prohibit purchase of land in foreign countries to protect endangered species not native to U.S. (see H.R. 94), H101 [9JA]

Diseases and disorders: reauthorize Mosquito Abatement Safety and Health Act and epidemiology laboratory capacity grants and require GAO study on existing mosquito and other vector-borne surveillance and control programs (see S. 2580), S3753 [27JY]

Ecology and environment: encourage and facilitate efforts by States and other stakeholders to conserve and sustain western population of monarch butterflies (see S. 857), S825 [16MR] (see H.R. 4350), H3142 [23JN]

——— issue semipostal to benefit programs that combat invasive species (see H.R. 210), H105 [9JA]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 4277), H3107 [22JN]

FDA: establish standard of identity for honey (see H.R. 4764), H3886 [20JY]

Forest Service: establish arbitration as alternative dispute resolution process for certain objections or protests to qualified forest management activities (see H.R. 636), H510 [30JA]

Remarks in House

Endangered Species Act: reform, H2557 [24MY]

Pennsylvania: efforts to combat and slow spread of spotted lanternfly, H2667 [31MY]

Plasto, NH: tribute to Pest End (business), E1047 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

BatWeek: designate (S. Res. 436), S5219 [26OC]

Texts of

S. 808, Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act, S802 [15MR]

S. Res. 436, BatWeek, S5217 [26OC]