H.R. 1709 would authorize resources for sustained research and analysis to address Colony Collapse Disorder.
Detailed Summary
Pollinator Protection Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Research Service, for: (1) personnel, facilities improvement, and additional research at Department of Agriculture Apicultural Research Laboratories; (2) research on honey bee physiology, insect pathology, insect chemical ecology, and honey bee toxicology at other Department facilities in New York, Florida, California, and Texas; and (3) research to identify causes and solutions for Colony Collapse Disorder.
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary, through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, for research grants to investigate: (1) honey bee immunology, genomics, biology, ecology, and bioinformatics; (2) pollination biology; and (3) the effects of genetically modified crops, insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides on honey bees and other beneficial insects and pollinators.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Points in Favor
(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)
Points Against
(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)
Visitor Comments
Susan Lundquist
July 6, 2007, 2:53pm (report abuse)In the July 2007 issue of Guideposts magazine is an article about an apiary organization that stopped mite kills using non-polluting, non-toxic and inexpensive readily available materials. They did this six years ago!
Hopefully AB1709 money will not all be given to the chemical companies. Small apiary organizations are a gold mine of information and proven testing grounds for a variety of natural (buzz word "green") practices.