S. 483 · 116th Congress · enacted
Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2018
Became Public Law No: 116-8.
Latest official action 2019-03-08 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2018 This bill revises requirements for pesticide registration applications and their corresponding maintenance fees and registration service fees. (Sec. 2) The bill extends the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collect annual fees to maintain the registration of pesticides (maintenance fees) through FY2023. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum (1) amount that the EPA may collect in total maintenance fees from $27.8 million per fiscal year to $31 million for each of FY2019-FY2023; and (2) annual maintenance fees for pesticide registrants, including small business registrants. The bill extends until the end of FY2025 a prohibition on levying pesticide registration fees not otherwise authorized as maintenance or registration service fees. The bill extends the prohibition on levying fees for applications involving pesticide chemical residues (tolerance fees) until the end of FY2023. (Sec. 3) The bill expands the permissible uses of the fees collected and deposited in the Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund, including by allowing the fees to be used for any review under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 required as part of the pesticide registration review. The bill also establishes set-asides of funds for (1) the development and implementation of performance data requirements for products…
Congressional Research Service · 2019-03-08
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