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S. 780 (98th)
A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain a facility for the biological testing of pesticides under such Act.
Introduced
11 March 1983
Last action
22 March 1983 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research.
Sponsors
Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV], Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]
Subjects
Environment
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain a biological pesticide testing facility. Requires such facility to verify pesticide application data and conduct periodic compliance tests.
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Timeline
11 March 1983
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Source: IntroReferral
11 March 1983
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
17 March 1983
Committee
Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Environmental Protection Agency.
Source: Committee
22 March 1983
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 11 March 1983
Sponsors
- Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/780
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/s/780
- us · 98-s-780 · source updated 14 January 2025