Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015
This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency or a state from requiring a permit under the Clean Water Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA, or a residue resulting from the application of the pesticide. Point source pollution is waste discharged from a distinct place, such as a pipe, channel, or tunnel.
The bill establishes exemptions for the following discharges containing a pesticide or pesticide residue: (1) a discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of FIFRA that is relevant to protecting water quality, if the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation or the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue contained in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation; (2) stormwater discharges regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); and (3) discharges regulated under NPDES of manufacturing or industrial effluent or treatment works effluent and discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from operations concerning ballast water held in ships to increase stability or vessel biofouling prevention.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-14 | Calendars | Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570. | Senate |
| 2016-05-25 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate. | Senate |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Vote | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 258 - 156 (Roll no. 237). (text: CR H3031) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Vote | On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 232 (Roll no. 236). (consideration: CR H3046) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3045) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ruiz motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add at the end of the bill a section protecting pregnant women and children from pesticides known or suspected to cause adverse health impacts on pregnant women, fetal growth, or early childhood development. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | Mr. Ruiz moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Transportation. (consideration: CR H3044; text: CR H3044) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3044) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 897. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 897 and the Senate amendment to H.R. 2576. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-24 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 742. (consideration: CR H3031-3046) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-23 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 742 Reported to House. Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 897 and the Senate amendment to H.R. 2576. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-17 | Vote | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 262 - 159 (Roll no. 199). (text: H2446) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-17 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2457-2458) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-17 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-17 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 897. | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-17 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2446-2455) | House floor actions |
| 2016-05-17 | Floor | Mr. Gibbs moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2015-03-19 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2015-03-19 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-02-27 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. | House committee actions |
| 2015-02-12 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | House committee actions |
| 2015-02-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2015-02-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2015-02-11 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |