The House Ag Committee on Thursday approved a bill, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015, to remove pesticide application permitting processes the bill's sponsors say are duplicative.

The committee said the bill clarifies Congressional intent regarding pesticide regulation in or near waters of the United States. The Committee on Agriculture and the full House passed this bill during the two previous Congresses, but the Senate did not act on it.

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