,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ad1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,mulvaney 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,duncan of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,fincher1 ,mr4 ,austin   
,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4   
,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4 ,rooney1 ,mr4      
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,hastings of            
,washington1 ,mr4 ,campbell1 and ,mr4   
,huizenga of ,michigan7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to define urban rodent control 
for purposes of clarifying the control  
of nuisance mammals and birds carried   
out by the ,wildlife ,services program  
of the ,animal and ,plant ,health       
,inspection ,service and by the private 
sector1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,pest ,elimination ,services        
,transparency and ,terminology ,act or  
the ,,pestt ,act4  #b4 ,urban rodent    
control defined ,title ,i of the ,rural 

,development1 ,agriculture1 and ,related
 ,agencies ,appropriations ,act1 #aihh  
7,public ,law #ajj-bjb2 #aja ,stat4     
#acbi-cca7 is amended in the last       
proviso under the heading ,animal and   
,plant ,health ,inspection              
,service--,salaries and ,expenses 7#g   
,u4,s4,c4 #dbf;c71 by striking ,animal  
,damage ,control activities at the end  
and inserting ,animal ,damage ,control  
activities1 and the term urban rodent   
control means efforts to directly       
control any mammal in the order         
,rodentia in a location that is not an  
airport or in a rural area 7as defined  
in section #ebj of the ,housing ,act of 
#aidi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adij774  #c4      
,report on activities of ,wildlife      
,services program of the ,animal and    
,plant ,health ,inspection ,service ,not
 later than ,october #a1 #bjac1 the     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the ,committee  
on ,agriculture of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  

,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate a report that--  7#a7    
identifies activities carried out by the
 ,wildlife ,services program of the     
,animal and ,plant ,health ,inspection  
,service that can be carried out by     
entities with appropriate expertise and 
capacity in the private sector2  7#b7   
prioritizes the activities conducted by 
the ,wildlife ,services program that--  
7,a7 are vital to the protection of     
public health and safety and            
agricultural production2 and  7,b7 can  
be performed by the entities referred to
 in paragraph 7#a72 and  7#c7 recommends
 ways1 including any necessary changes  
to ,federal statutes1 to avoid          
duplicative work being conducted by the 
,wildlife ,services program and the     
private sector4