I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1913
To authorize registration of Canadian pesticides for agricultural crops.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 1999
Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. HILL of Montana, and Mr. BALDACCI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture
A BILL
To authorize registration of Canadian pesticides for
agricultural crops.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pesticide Registration
Harmonization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO HARMONI-
ZATION OF REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PES-
TICIDES FOR USE ON AGRICULTURAL CROPS.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should direct the United States
representative to the United States-Canada Technical
Working Group (hereafter referred to as ‘‘TWG’’) to use
the voice and vote of the United States to urge the TWG
to make the harmonization of registration of pesticides de-
scribed in subsection (b) the highest priority.
(b) PESTICIDE DEFINED.—For purposes of this Act,
a pesticide is a crop protection product which is registered
in Canada for use on agricultural crops and which is not
registered in the United States for use on such crops but
is registered in the United States for other food use crops.
SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE OF REGISTRATION FOR CERTAIN PES-
TICIDES.
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF REGISTRATION.—Within 180
days of receiving a written request from the registrant of
a pesticide in Canada, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (hereafter referred to as the
‘‘Administrator’’) shall accept registration of the pesticide
for use in the United States on the same crops as it is
registered for in Canada unless the Administrator deter-
mines that substantial evidence exists to preclude United
States acceptance of the registration.
(b) ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible for
acceptance of a pesticide under subsection (a), the reg-
istrant shall submit with its request—
(1) copies of all the data and other registration
materials submitted to and approved by the Pes-
ticide Management and Registration Agency of Can-
ada; and
(2) an estimate of the expected use of the pes-
ticide on the crops subject to acceptance and an ex-
planation of how total use of the pesticide on all
crops will be made to conform with the applicable re-
quirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act.
(c) PRIORITIES.—In deciding whether to accept a
registration, the Administrator shall take into account the
priority of harmonizing registrations of pesticides between
the United States and Canada, as established in the Can-
ada-United States Trade Agreement and the North Amer-
ican Free Trade Agreement. A request submitted under
this section for pesticide registration shall not be counted
against any other priority submitted by a registrant.
(d) DENIAL.—In the event registration of a pesticide
is denied, the Administrator shall publicly identify the rea-
sons and causes for the denial.
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of the Act, and every year thereafter, the United States
representative to the TWG shall report to appropriate