Sec. 10015. Report on plant-incorporated protectants
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that identifies any potential regulatory, non-regulatory, and legislative recommendations, including the appropriateness of any definitions for plant-incorporated protectants, to ensure the efficient and appropriate review, approval, and availability of plant-incorporated protectants for use in agricultural and horticultural production.
In compiling the report required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include an assessment of the potential impacts of plant-incorporated protectants on— the environment, including nearby ecosystems that may be affected by the production of plants that contain plant-incorporated protectants; wildlife, including pollinator species; and human health, including potential impacts on human health through food tolerances or residues of plant-incorporated protectants introduced into the food supply or other commercial products through processing.
The Secretary shall prepare the report required by subsection
(a)in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the several States, industry stakeholders, and such other public interest stakeholders as the Secretary determines necessary. For the purposes of the report under subsection (a), the Secretary— shall consider plant-incorporated protectant to be a pesticidal substance that is intended to be produced and used in a living plant, or in the produce of a living plant, and the genetic material necessary for production of such a pesticidal substance, including any inert ingredient contained in the applicable plant or produce; and may modify the description of plant-incorporated protectant, as appropriate.