article: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, REFERENCE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Public Health Pesticides Protection Act of 1993''. (b) Reference.--Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. (a) Adverse Effects.--Section 2(bb) (7 U.S.C. 136(bb)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Administrator shall consider the risks and benefits of public health pesticides separate from the risks and benefits of other pesticides. In weighing any regulatory action concerning a public health pesticide under this Act, the Administrator shall weigh any risks of the pesticide against the health risks such as the diseases transmitted by the vector to be controlled by the pesticide.''. (b) New Definitions.--Section 2 (7 U.S.C. 136) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(hh) Minor Use.--The term `minor use' means the total anticipated small volume use of any pesticide product against a particular pest or group of pests which, by itself, would not economically justify a full, separate pesticide registration. Wherever a minor use is designated in this Act for agricultural crop production or agricultural uses, such term includes any use intended to protect the public from insects or other pests or the diseases which such pests may transmit to man or domestic animals. ``(ii) Public Health Pesticide.--The term `public health pesticide' means any minor use pesticide product registered for use and used predominantly in public health programs for vector control or for other recognized health protection uses, including the prevention or mitigation of viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms (other than viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms on or in living man or other living animal) that pose a threat to public health. ``(jj) Vector.--The term `vector' means any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including mosquitoes, flies, fleas, cockroaches, or other insects and ticks, mites, or rats.''. SEC. 3. REGISTRATION. Section 3(c)(2)(A) (7 U.S.C 136a(c)(2)(A)) is amended-- (1) by inserting after ``pattern of use,'' the following: ``the public health and agricultural need for such minor use,'', and (2) by striking out ``potential exposure of man and the environment to the pesticide'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``potential beneficial or adverse effects on man and the environment''. SEC. 4. REREGISTRATION. Section 4 (7 U.S.C. 136a-1) is amended-- (1) in subsection (i)(4), by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively and by adding after subparagraph (A) the following: ``(B) Any pesticide defined as a public health pesticide of which more than 50 percent of its usage is devoted to the promotion of public health shall be exempt from fees prescribed by paragraph (3).''. (2) in subsection (i)(5), by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively, and by adding after subparagraph (E) the following: ``(F) An end use product that is registered for a public health pesticide of which at least 50 percent of its usage is devoted to the promotion of public health shall be exempt from the fees prescribed by this paragraph.''. (3) in subsection (i)(7)(B), by striking out ``or to determine'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, to determine'' and by inserting before the period the following: ``, or to determine the volume usage for public health pesticides''. (4) in subsection (k)(3)(A), by striking out ``or'' at the end of clause (i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; or'', and by inserting after clause (ii) the following: ``(iii) proposes the initial or amended registration of an end use pesticide that, if registered as proposed, would be used for a public health pesticide.''. SEC. 5. CANCELLATION. Section 6(b) is amended by striking out ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; or'', and by adding after paragraph (2) the following: ``(3) if a pesticide is registered or proposed for registration for public health uses, to send the notice specified in this subsection to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for review. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall comment under paragraph (3) in accordance with the procedures followed and subject to the same conditions as comments by the Secretary of Agriculture in the case of agricultural pesticides.''. SEC. 6. VIEWS. Section 21 (7 U.S.C. 136s) is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and by adding after subsection (a) the following: ``(b) Secretary of Health and Human Services.--The Administrator, before publishing regulations under this Act for any public health pesticide, shall solicit the views of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the same manner as the views of the Secretary of Agriculture are solicited under section 25(a).''. SEC. 7. AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR. Section 25(a)(1) (7 U.S.C 136w(a)(1)) is amended-- (1) by inserting after ``various classes of pesticides'' the following: ``, including public health pesticides,'', and (2) by striking out ``and nonagricultural pesticides'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, nonagricultural, and public health pesticides''. SEC. 8. IDENTIFICATION OF PESTS. Section 28 (7 U.S.C. 136w-3) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) Public Health Pests.--The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall identify pests of significant public health importance and, in coordination with the Public Health Service, develop and implement programs to improve and facilitate the safe and necessary use of chemical, biological, and other methods to combat and control such pests of public health importance.''. SEC. 9. PUBLIC HEALTH PESTICIDES. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 32. PUBLIC HEALTH PESTICIDES. ``The Administrator, in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit an annual report to the Congress by March 1 of each year describing the uses of public health pesticides to promote human health protection in the United States. The report shall include ``(1) an analysis of vector control practices, ``(2) an analysis of the approximately 50 diseases which are associated with arthropods or other vectors, including a consideration of the impact of vector control on the incidence of such diseases, ``(3) an analysis of the role of IPM in vector control and how agricultural IPM practices impact public health vector control, and ``(4) an analysis of public health pesticides, including the benefits of vectored disease prevention and a comparison of such benefits to the relative risks of the use of public health pesticides and the risks of vectored diseases.''.
summary: Public Health Pesticides Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider the risks and benefits of public health pesticides separately from the risks and benefits of other pesticides. Requires the Administrator, in weighing any regulatory action concerning a public health pesticide, to weigh any risks of the pesticide against the health risks to be controlled by the pesticide. Defines: (1) a "public health pesticide" as a minor use pesticide registered for use and used predominantly in public health programs for vector control or other health protection uses; and (2) "vector" as any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or of producing human discomfort or injury. Exempts from reregistration fees public health pesticides of which more than 50 percent of usage (or at least 50 percent in the case of certain end use products) is devoted to the promotion of public health. Provides for expedited processing and review of pesticide applications that propose the initial or amended registration of an end use pesticide that, if registered as proposed, would be used as a public health pesticide. Provides for review by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of registrations of public health pesticides proposed for cancellation. Directs the Administrator to identify pests of significant public health importance and to implement programs to improve and facilitate the safe use of methods to combat such pests.