Protect Against Paraquat Act

Bill: 116-hr-3817
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-07-17
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Licensing and registrations

Pest management
Latest action: action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protect Against Paraquat Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration for all uses of the pesticide paraquat and to ban paraquat residue on food.</p> <p>The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of paraquat.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3817 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2019 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Ms. Clarke of New York , and Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois ) 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 A BILL To cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide paraquat, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Against Paraquat Act . 2. Cancellation of registration of paraquat (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) paraquat shall be deemed to generally cause unreasonable adverse effects to humans in part due to its acute systemic toxicity and for being a known neurotoxin which causes Parkinson’s disease; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall cancel the registration of all uses of paraquat; 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 paraquat 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 paraquat is prohibited. (c) Reregistration Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not reregister paraquat under section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( 7 U.S.C. 136a–1 ).