Key Development: House Agriculture Committee adopts a farm bill with a provision to prohibit EPA from requiring discharge permits for pesticide spraying on or near water bodies.
Potential Impact: The bill would reauthorize conservation, renewable energy, and forestry programs for five years.
The House Agriculture Committee adopted a farm bill July 12 that would provide $57 billion for conservation programs over the next 10 years and prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring Clean Water Act discharge permits for pesticide spraying on or near water bodies.
