H.R. 730: PESTT Act
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H.R. 730: PESTT Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-14 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PESTT Act
Plain summary
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.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] · 33 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Austin Scott (R-GA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr730.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr730 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113