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H.R. 897: Zika Vector Control Act

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H.R. 897: Zika Vector Control Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-11 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 236 (2016): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR897 (2016-05-24), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Zika Vector Control Act

Plain summary

Zika Vector Control Act (Sec. 2) 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 until September 30, 2018, 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. (Sec. 3) 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. These exemptions expire on September 30, 2018.

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Zika Vector Control Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 897, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015 (2015-03-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Sam Graves (R-MO), Steve Scalise (R-LA)

Recorded votes

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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).
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr897 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114