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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1783
To provide for increased scrutiny with respect to pesticide residues of
glyphosate, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 14, 2019
Ms. DELAURO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide for increased scrutiny with respect to pesticide
residues of glyphosate, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Food Safe from
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Glyphosate Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. RESTORING PREVIOUS TOLERANCE FOR GLYPHO-
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SATE ON OATS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-
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ronmental Protection Agency, pursuant to section 408 of
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the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
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346a), shall establish a permanent tolerance for the use
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of glyphosate on oats not to exceed 0.1 parts per million.
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(b) GLYPHOSATE DEFINED.—In this section, the
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term ‘‘glyphosate’’ means glyphosate acid (CAS number
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1071–83–6) [N-phosphonomethyle) glycine], an herbicide
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belonging to the phosphono amino acid class of pesticides
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that can be associated with different counter cations to
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form salts.
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SEC. 3. LABELING CHANGES.
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Beginning not later than one year after the date of
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the enactment of this Act, a pesticide containing glypho-
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sate (as defined in section 2(b)) is misbranded within the
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meaning of section 2(q) of the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
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gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136(q)) if its label-
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ing does not include, in a clear and conspicuous manner,
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the following statement: ‘‘Unlawful to apply this product
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prior to harvest of oats.’’.
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SEC. 4. INCREASED TESTING FOR GLYPHOSATE BY THE DE-
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PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
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Section 301 of the Food Quality Protection Act of
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1996 (21 U.S.C. 346a note) is amended by adding at the
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end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(d) ANNUAL GLYPHOSATE TESTING.—Beginning
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not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
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of the Keep Food Safe from Glyphosate Act of 2019, and
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each year thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall,
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as part of the residue data collection activities conducted
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under subsection (c), with respect to foods most likely con-
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sumed by infants and children (including oats and oat-
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based products), test for residues of glyphosate (as defined
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in section 2 of the Keep Food Safe from Glyphosate Act
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of 2019).’’.
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