H.R. 2031 · 112th Congress
EATS Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Stephen Fincher
- Introduced
- 2011-05-26
- Latest action
- 2011-06-08 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Summary
Expediting Agriculture Through Science Act or EATS Act - Amends the Plant Protection Act to include biotechnology products among the plant pests that a person may petition the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to have added or removed from regulations allowing such products' importation, entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce without a permit.
Revises provisions regarding the Secretary's response to such a petition to require the Secretary to: (1) determine whether to approve such petition not later than 180 days after the petition's receipt, with two permitted 30-day extensions; (2) notify the petitioner of such extensions; and (3) provide a denied petitioner with denial information and an opportunity to remedy deficiencies.
Deems a petition approved if the Secretary has not made a determination to approve the petition by the end of the 240-day period beginning on the date of the petition's receipt.