1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Pesticide Registration Fees: Reauthorization and Proposed Amendments name redacted Analyst in Environmental Policy name redacted Specialist in Environmental Policy September 27, 2017 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agen
2、cys (EPAs) capacity to evaluate pesticide registrations within statutory time frames is generally dependent on sufficient resources and requisite scientific information to inform evaluations. Pursuant to the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012 (PRIA 3, P.L. 112-177), Congress re
3、authorized EPA to collect two categories of fees to support the agencys pesticide regulatory program and related activities through September 30, 2017. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018, and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (P.L. 115-56), enacted September
4、 8, 2017, extends to December 8, 2017, EPAs authority to collect and expend one of these feespesticide maintenance fees. The authority to collect the other feespesticide registration service feesis also extended to December 8, 2017, before phasing out unless further extended. If authority to collect