S. 2571: A bill to make technical corrections to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
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S. 2571: A bill to make technical corrections to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
110th Congress · introduced 2008-01-29 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-193.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-01-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 63 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, S2571 (2008-02-14), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-193. (final step reached)
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
A bill to make technical corrections to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt from, or waive a portion of, the registration service fee (currently, the Administrator may waive or reduce the fee) for an application for minor uses for a pesticide. Authorizes the Administrator to exempt an application from the registration service fee (currently, the Administrator may waive the fee) if the application is solely associated with a tolerance petition submitted in connection with the Inter-Regional Project Number 4 and the exemption is in the public service. Subjects applications received before September 30, 2012 (currently, applications received before September 30, 2008) to specified decision time review periods.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
A bill to make technical corrections to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · 1 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 63 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, S2571 (2008-02-14): Passed
Words on this page, explained (3)
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s2571.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s2571 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110