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H.R. 4079: Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

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H.R. 4079: Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-23 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-23 · 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.

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Official title

Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

Plain summary

Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2021 This bill addresses the use of certain pesticides and the health and status of native bees and other pollinators. First, the 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. All active ingredients and pesticide products that contain one or more specified neonicotinoid pesticides must be deemed to generally cause unreasonable adverse effects to the environment. Under the bill, the registration of all uses of neonicotinoid pesticides must be immediately and permanently canceled. The EPA must revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of a neonicotinoid pesticide, or any pesticide chemical residue that results from neonicotinoid pesticide use, in or on food. The continued sale or use of existing stocks of neonicotinoid pesticides is prohibited, and the EPA may not register any such pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. 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. Finally, a state or federal agency may be granted an exemption to use neonicotinoid pesticides if the board votes that use of the pesticide is warranted (1) in an emergency situation to avert significant risk to threatened or endangered species, (2) to quarantine invasive species, or (3) to protect public health.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 76 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William R. Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and 16 more.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
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

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4079 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117