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H.R. 1337: Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2019

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H.R. 1337: Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-25 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2019

Plain summary

Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2019 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Pollinator Protection Board to develop an independent review process for pesticides that pose a threat to pollinators and their habitats. The bill also requires the EPA to cancel the registrations of any pesticides containing imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, acetamiprid, sulfoxaflor, flupyradifurone, or fipronil until the board has made a determination that such insecticide will not cause unreasonable adverse effects on pollinators based on findings that include results of studies of neonicotinoids and the effects of residues, repeated applications, and multiple chemical exposures. Under the bill, the EPA shall not issue any new registrations for any seed treatment, soil application, and foliar treatment on bee-attractive plants, trees, and cereals until the board has made determinations on such insecticides. The bill requires the Department of the Interior, the EPA, and the Department of Agriculture to coordinate monitoring activities and report on the health and population status of native bees and other pollinators. The bill prohibits unregistered uses of pesticides by a federal or state agency to address emergency conditions except (1) to avert significant risk to threatened or endangered species, (2) to quarantine invasive species, or (3) to protect public health.

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Official text

Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 79 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Sean Casten (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Grace Meng (D-NY), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 19 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1337 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116