Title: Ban Nerve Agents In Our Food Act of 2018
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Ban Nerve Agents In Our Food Act of 2018
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel the registration of organophosphate pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of organophosphate pesticides.
The bill requires the EPA to ban organophosphate pesticide residue on food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6631 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6631

 To cancel the registration of all uses of organophosphate pesticides, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

 Ms. Velazquez (for herself and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To cancel the registration of all uses of organophosphate pesticides, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ban Nerve Agents In Our Food Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES.

    (a) In General.--Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(b)), 
effective on the date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) organophosphate pesticides shall be deemed to generally 
        cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment due in 
        part to dietary risks to humans posed by residues of such 
        pesticide chemicals on food;
            (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency shall cancel the registration of all uses of 
        organophosphate pesticides; and
            (3) following such cancellation the Administrator shall, in 
        accordance with section 408(l)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
        and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(l)(2)) revoke any tolerance or 
        exemption that allows the presence of organophosphate 
        pesticides or any pesticide chemical residue that results from 
        use of such pesticides, in or on food.
    (b) Use of Existing Stocks.--Notwithstanding section 6(a) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(a)), 
effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the continued sale 
and use of existing stocks of organophosphate pesticides is prohibited.
    (c) Reregistration.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not 
reregister organophosphate pesticides under section 4 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a-1).
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