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Bill 8 of 37
Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act of 1999 (Introduced in the
House)
HR 1913 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1913
To authorize registration of Canadian pesticides for agricultural
crops.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 24, 1999
Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. HILL of Montana, and Mr. BALDACCI) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To authorize registration of Canadian pesticides for agricultural
crops.
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 `Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act of
1999'.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO HARMONIZATION OF REGISTRATION OF
CERTAIN PESTICIDES FOR USE ON AGRICULTURAL CROPS.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that the President
should direct the United States representative to the United States-Canada
Technical Working Group (hereafter referred to as `TWG') to use the voice and
vote of the United States to urge the TWG to make the harmonization of
registration of pesticides described in subsection (b) the highest
priority.
(b) PESTICIDE DEFINED- For purposes of this Act, a pesticide is a crop
protection product which is registered in Canada for use on agricultural crops
and which is not registered in the United States for use on such crops but is
registered in the United States for other food use crops.
SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE OF REGISTRATION FOR CERTAIN PESTICIDES.
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF REGISTRATION- Within 180 days of receiving a written
request from the registrant of a pesticide in Canada, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency (hereafter referred to as the `Administrator')
shall accept registration of the pesticide for use in the United States on the
same crops as it is registered for in Canada unless the Administrator
determines that substantial evidence exists to preclude United States
acceptance of the registration.
(b) ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENT- To be eligible for acceptance of a pesticide
under subsection (a), the registrant shall submit with its request--
(1) copies of all the data and other registration materials submitted to
and approved by the Pesticide Management and Registration Agency of Canada;
and
(2) an estimate of the expected use of the pesticide on the crops
subject to acceptance and an explanation of how total use of the pesticide
on all crops will be made to conform with the applicable requirements of the
Federal Insecticide ,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
(c) PRIORITIES- In deciding whether to accept a registration, the
Administrator shall take into account the priority of harmonizing
registrations of pesticides between the United States and Canada, as
established in the Canada-United States Trade Agreement and the North American
Free Trade Agreement. A request submitted under this section for pesticide
registration shall not be counted against any other priority submitted by a
registrant.
(d) DENIAL- In the event registration of a pesticide is denied, the
Administrator shall publicly identify the reasons and causes for the
denial.
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Act, and every
year thereafter, the United States representative to the TWG shall report to
appropriate committees of Congress on the status of TWG efforts to harmonize
registrations of pesticides for use on agricultural crops in the United States
and Canada.
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