H.R.967: Bed Bug Management, Prevention, and Research Act

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about health
  • Introduced March 9, 2011
  • Latest Major Action March 22, 2011

Bill Summary

Bed Bug Management, Prevention, and Research Act - Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) award grants for bed bug management and eradication, (2) appoint a bed bug task force, and (3) award grants for related research projects. Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to include bed bugs in the definition of "vector." Requires the submission...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
March 9, 2011

Introduced in the House by Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio)

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