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S. Rept. 114-160 1 (2015-10-29)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsde0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 284 114TH CONGRESS S REPORT 1st Session SENATE 114-160 SENSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 2015 OCTOBER 29, 2015.-Ordered to be printed Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following REPORT [to accompany S. 1500] together with MINORITY VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred the bill (S. 1500) to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND FIFRA The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) governs the registration, sale, and use of pesticide products within the United States. 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Section 2(u) of FIFRA defines pesticides broadly as any sub- stance used to kill, repel or control pests, to regulate plants, or to stabilize nitrogen. EPA is directed to restrict the use of pesticides as necessary to prevent unreasonable adverse effects on people and the environment and regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the United States through registration and labeling. Originally enacted in 1947, Congress substantially amended FIFRA in 1972. The legislative history of the 1972 amendments makes it clear that Congress intended FIFRA to be the tool for EPA to protect the human health and environment, including 59-010

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