G:\CMTE\RU\15\RCP\RCP953.XML XXXXX XXXXX 5/18/2017 10:32 XXXXXX 05/18/2017 08:42 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX 1151-0518-160198 660764|4 [Discussion Draft] [Discussion Draft] May 18, 2017 115th CONGRESS 1st Session Rules Committee Print 115–21 Text of H.R. 953, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act Offered by M_. ______ [Showing the text of H.R. 953 as ordered reported by the Committee on Agriculture]

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017.

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Use of authorized pesticides

Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5)

Use of authorized pesticides

Except as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under this Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide. .

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Discharges of pesticides

Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s)

Discharges of pesticides

(1)

No permit requirement

Except as provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the Administrator or a State under this Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide. (2)

Exceptions

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide residue: (A) A discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting water quality, if— (i) the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation; or (ii) the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation. (B) Stormwater discharges subject to regulation under subsection (p). (C) The following discharges subject to regulation under this section: (i) Manufacturing or industrial effluent. (ii) Treatment works effluent. (iii) Discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling prevention. .