States from complying with its obligations 
under the POPs Convention if the United 
States were to become a party to the POPs 
Convention for that pesticide; and 
‘‘(C) for which an amendment listing it on 
Annex A or Annex B of the POPs Convention 
has entered into force for the United States. 
‘‘(bbb) POPS
REVIEW
COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘POPs Review Committee’ means the Persistent Organic 
Pollutants Review Committee established under paragraph 
6 of Article 19 of the POPs Convention.’’. 
SEC. 3. POPS CONVENTION, LRTAP POPS PROTOCOL, AND 
PIC CONVENTION. 
Section 17 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136o) is amended— 
(1) in the heading for the section, by striking 
‘‘IMPORTS
AND
EXPORTS.’’ and inserting ‘‘IM-
PORTS, EXPORTS, AND INTERNATIONAL CON-
VENTIONS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘this Act—’’ and inserting ‘‘this 
Act, if—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘when’’ and inserting 
‘‘the pesticide or device or active ingredient 
used in producing a pesticide is’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and all that 
follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) in the case of any pesticide other than a 
pesticide registered under section 3 or sold under 
section 6(a)(1), the foreign purchaser has, prior to 
export, signed a statement acknowledging that the 
purchaser understands that the pesticide is not reg-
istered for use in the United States and cannot be 
sold in the United States under this Act; and 
‘‘(3) such export is in compliance with all of the 
applicable provisions of this section. 
A copy of the statement under paragraph (2) shall be 
transmitted to an appropriate official of the government 
of the importing country.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Nothing in this subsection shall permit 
the import of any POPS pesticide or LRTAP POPS 
pesticide that otherwise is prohibited under sub-
section (e) of this section.’’; and 
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(4) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(d) COOPERATION
IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS 
GENERALLY.—The Administrator shall participate and 
cooperate in any international efforts to develop improved 
pesticide research and regulations. 
‘‘(e) POPS CONVENTION, LRTAP POPS PROTOCOL, 
AND PIC CONVENTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
participate in technical cooperation and capacity 
building activities designed to support implementa-
tion of the POPs Convention, the LRTAP POPs 
Protocol, and the PIC Convention. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITIONS.—No person may sell, dis-
tribute, use, produce, or dispose of a POPS pesticide 
or LRTAP POPS pesticide in a manner inconsistent 
with obligations of the United States under the 
POPs Convention or LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE
AND
REPORT
AFTER
DECISION 
THAT SCREENING CRITERIA ARE MET UNDER THE 
POPS CONVENTION OR AFTER RISK PROFILE SUB-
MITTED UNDER THE LRTAP POPS PROTOCOL.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph ap-
plies if— 
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