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Union Calendar No. 399 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3849 
[Report No. 109–668] 
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to imple-
ment pesticide-related obligations of the United States under the inter-
national conventions or protocols known as the PIC Convention, the 
POPs Convention, and the LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 
Mr. LUCAS (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, and 
Mr. HOLDEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To 
amend 
the 
Federal 
Insecticide, 
Fungicide, 
and 
Rodenticide Act to implement pesticide-related obliga-
tions of the United States under the international con-
ventions or protocols known as the PIC Convention, the 
POPs Convention, and the LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PIC and POPs Con-
ventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(pp) CONFERENCE.—The term ‘Conference’ means 
the Conference of the Parties established by paragraph 1 
of Article 19 of the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(qq) CONFERENCE LISTING DECISION.—The term 
‘Conference Listing Decision’ means a decision by the 
Conference to approve an amendment to list a pesticide 
in Annex A or Annex B to the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(rr) DESIGNATED
NATIONAL
AUTHORITY.—The 
term ‘designated national authority’ means the authority 
or authorities that a government has designated in a noti-
fication to the PIC Convention Secretariat in accordance 
with Article 4 of the PIC Convention. 
‘‘(ss) EXECUTIVE
BODY.—The term ‘Executive 
Body’ means the Executive Body established by Article 10 
of the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary 
Air Pollution. 
‘‘(tt) EXECUTIVE BODY DECISION 1998/2.—The 
term ‘Executive Body Decision 1998/2’ means the decision 
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of the Executive Body titled ‘Executive Body Decision 
1998/2 on Information to Be Submitted and the Proce-
dure for Adding Substances to Annexes I, II, or III to 
the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants’ and any 
other Executive Body decision done pursuant to Article 
14 of the LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
‘‘(uu) 
HCH.—The 
term 
‘HCH’ 
means 
hexachlorocyclohexane. 
‘‘(vv) 
LRTAP 
POPS
PESTICIDE.—The 
term 
‘LRTAP POPs pesticide’ means— 
‘‘(1) aldrin; 
‘‘(2) chlordane; 
‘‘(3) chlordecone; 
‘‘(4) dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); 
‘‘(5) dieldrin; 
‘‘(6) endrin; 
‘‘(7) HCH; 
‘‘(8) heptachlor; 
‘‘(9) hexachlorobenzene; 
‘‘(10) hexabromobiphenyl; 
‘‘(11) mirex; 
‘‘(12) PCBs; 
‘‘(13) toxaphene; and 
‘‘(14) any other pesticide— 
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‘‘(A) that is listed on Annex I or Annex II 
of the LRTAP POPs Protocol; 
‘‘(B) that has no existing United States 
registrations that would prevent the United 
States from complying with its obligations 
under the LRTAP POPs Protocol if the United 
States were to become a party to the LRTAP 
POPs Protocol for that pesticide; and 
‘‘(C) for which an amendment listing it on 
Annex I or Annex II of the LRTAP POPs Pro-
tocol has entered into force for the United 
States. 
‘‘(ww) 
LRTAP 
POPS
PROTOCOL.—The 
term 
‘LRTAP POPs Protocol’ means the Protocol on Persistent 
Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long- 
Range Transboundary Air Pollution done at Aarhus on 
June 24, 1998, if the United States is a party and any 
subsequent amendment to which the United States is a 
party. 
‘‘(xx) PCB.—The term ‘PCB’ means a poly-
chlorinated biphenyl. 
‘‘(yy) PIC CONVENTION.—The term ‘PIC Conven-
tion’ means the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior In-
formed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemi-
cals and Pesticides in International Trade done at Rot-
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terdam on September 10, 1998, if the United States is 
a party and any subsequent amendment to which the 
United States is a party. 
‘‘(zz) POPS CONVENTION.—The term ‘POPs Con-
vention’ means the Stockholm Convention on Persistent 
Organic Pollutants done at Stockholm on May 22, 2001, 
if the United States is a party and any subsequent amend-
ment to which the United States is a party. 
‘‘(aaa) POPS PESTICIDE.—The term ‘POPS pes-
ticide’ means— 
‘‘(1) aldrin; 
‘‘(2) chlordane; 
‘‘(3) dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); 
‘‘(4) dieldrin; 
‘‘(5) endrin; 
‘‘(6) heptachlor; 
‘‘(7) hexachlorobenzene; 
‘‘(8) mirex; 
‘‘(9) PCBs; 
‘‘(10) toxaphene; and 
‘‘(11) any other pesticide— 
‘‘(A) that is listed on Annex A or Annex 
B of the POPs Convention; 
‘‘(B) that has no existing United States 
registrations that would prevent the United 
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