US Congress Senate Bill 1500 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-5)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-10-29 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 284.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2015 (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 (EPA) or a state from requiring a permit 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, and tunnel. The EPA or a state may require a permit for the following discharges containing a pesticide: 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 without the violation, or if the amount of pesticide or residue contained in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation; a stormwater discharge regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); and a discharge of manufacturing or industrial effluent (wastewater), treatment works effluent, or a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including discharges from ballast water operations or vessel biofouling prevention. The EPA must report on: (1) coordination between the Office of Water and the Office of Pesticide Programs regarding streamlining information collection, standards of review, and data use relating to water quality impacts from the registration and use of pesticides; (2) the effectiveness of regulatory actions relating to pesticide registration and use aimed at protecting water quality; and (3) recommendations on modifying FIFRA in order to improve the protection of water quality and human health.

Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2015

Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]
Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-29	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 284.
2015-10-29	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. With written report No. 114-160. Minority views filed.
2015-08-05	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2015-06-03	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB897 (Related) 2016-07-14 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1500/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1500/BILLS-114s1500is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1500/BILLS-114s1500rs.pdf