Title: Ban Toxic Pesticides Act of 2019
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Ban Toxic Pesticides Act of 2019
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel the registration of the pesticide chlorpyrifos under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of chlorpyrifos.
The bill requires the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos residue on food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 230 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 230

 To cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2019

Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Wasserman 
 Schultz, Mr. McNerney, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. 
  Roybal-Allard, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Judy Chu of 
California, Ms. Norton, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Jackson 
 Lee, Mr. Welch, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Castor of 
 Florida, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Khanna, 
Mr. Ryan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Speier, 
 Mr. Payne, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Serrano, 
  Ms. Pingree, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Meng, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Johnson of 
 Texas, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. DeSaulnier, and Ms. Lofgren) 
 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 the pesticide chlorpyrifos, 
                        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 Toxic Pesticides Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF CHLORPYRIFOS.

    (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) chlorpyrifos shall be deemed to generally cause 
        unreasonable adverse effects on the environment due in part to 
        dietary risks to humans posed by residues of that pesticide 
        chemical on food;
            (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency shall cancel the registration of all uses of 
        chlorpyrifos; 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 chlorpyrifos or any 
        pesticide chemical residue that results from its use, 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 chlorpyrifos is prohibited.
    (c) Reregistration.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not 
reregister chlorpyrifos under section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a-1).
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