Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Pest Management Records Modernization Act”.
Pest Management Records Modernization Act
AN ACT
To permit commercial applicators of pesticides to create, retain, submit, and convey pesticide application-related records, reports, data, and other information in electronic form.
Sec. 2 Use of electronic records by commercial applicators of pesticides to comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements
Section 1491 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 136i–1) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(h) Electronic Recordkeeping and Reporting—Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Federal, State, or local law, commercial applicators of pesticides, including commercial applicators of restricted use pesticides, may create, retain, submit, and convey a pesticide application-related record, report, data, or other information in electronic form in order to satisfy any requirement for such creation, retention, submission, or conveyance, respectively, under any Federal, State, or local law.”