I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1496 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
withdraw the proposed order published in the January 19, 2011, Federal 
Register (76 Fed. Reg. 3422) pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 11, 2013 
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. DUNCAN of South 
Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. LATTA, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT 
of Georgia, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. YOHO, Mr. 
VALADAO, and Mr. BROUN of Georgia) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to withdraw the proposed order published 
in the January 19, 2011, Federal Register (76 Fed. 
Reg. 3422) pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
The Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pest Free Food Supply 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The food and fiber supply in the United 
States is the safest and most abundant and afford-
able bounty in the world due to efficient application 
of science-based technologies through the Nation’s 
enduring heritage of farming and ranching. 
(2) The Environmental Protection Agency 
(‘‘EPA’’) supported the transition from methyl bro-
mide as a fumigant for pest eradication in 2005 
under the Montreal Protocol. 
(3) Sulfuryl fluoride was tested and found to be 
a safe and viable broad-spectrum post-harvest alter-
native to methyl bromide. 
(4) In 2002, EPA presented the maker of sul-
furyl fluoride with a Stratospheric Ozone Protection 
Award. 
(5) Sulfuryl fluoride has evolved into the indus-
try standard and is critical to elimination of pest 
contamination on foods and further processed food 
products derived from peanuts, cotton seed, cocoa 
beans, wheat, rice, corn, oats, oilseeds, nuts, dried 
fruits, and many agricultural commodities. 
(6) Sulfuryl fluoride is also an important fumi-
gant to control pests in various food and agricultural 
processing facilities. 
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(7) On January 19, 2011, EPA published in 
the Federal Register a proposed order to revoke the 
previously approved food uses for the fumigant sul-
furyl fluoride. 
(8) EPA issued the proposed order not because 
it would have any meaningful effect on public health, 
but because of the presence of excessively high levels 
of naturally occurring fluoride in certain drinking 
water systems. 
(9) Sulfuryl fluoride is the smallest contributor 
to total fluoride exposure, and even EPA admits 
that ‘‘the elimination of sulfuryl fluoride does not 
solve, or even significantly decrease, the fluoride 
. . . exposure problems’’. 
(10) The EPA has stated that, if sulfuryl fluo-
ride is ‘‘phased-out from use, industry will be left 
with few viable sanitation alternatives’’. 
SEC. 3. DIRECT WITHDRAWAL OF JANUARY 19, 2011, FED-
ERAL REGISTER NOTICE PERTAINING TO 
SULFURYL FLUORIDE. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall withdraw the proposed order published in the 
January 19, 2011, Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 3422) 
pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride. 
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