H.R. 730
PESTT Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Sponsor
Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Nov 15, 2022
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 730
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Feb 14, 2013
- Policy Area
- Agriculture and Food
- Is Law
- No
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Source: House floor actions
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Pest Elimination Services Transparency and Terminology or the PESTT Act - Amends the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988, with respect to nuisance animal control activities and agreements of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), to define "urban rodent control" (excepted from such activities) as efforts to directly control any mammal in the order Rodentia in a location that is not an airport or in a rural area.
Requires the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress on activities carried out by the Wildlife Services program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that: (1) identifies activities that can be carried out by private sector entities, (2) prioritizes those vital to the protection of public health and safety and agricultural production and that can be performed by such entities, and (3) recommends ways to avoid duplication by the Wildlife Services program and the private sector.
Agriculture Committee
Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2013