3.0.0 1406 2023-01-15T06:02:42Z 2023-01-15T06:02:42Z Senate S S 2003-07-15 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing ssaf01 Production and Price Competitiveness Subcommittee Hearings by 2004-06-23T21:04:29Z Referred to 2003-07-15T16:36:37Z To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide. 108 3319 HR 2003-10-27 Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Commerce, EPA. Identical bill CRS 2004-06-23 ssaf01 Production and Price Competitiveness Subcommittee Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-687. Committee 2003-07-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9419-9421) IntroReferral 2003-07-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9419) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2003-07-15 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2003-07-15 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2003-07-15 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2003-07-15 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2003-07-15 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2003-07-15 True Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Canada Commerce Confidential communications Environmental Protection Agency Feeds Fines (Penalties) Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Judicial review Labeling Law Pesticide regulation Pesticide residues Pesticides Trade secrets Environmental Protection 00 2003-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2003-09-12T14:54:46Z Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register a Canadian pesticide that: (1) has not been previously disapproved; (2) is identical or substantially similar in composition to a comparable domestic pesticide already registered; and (3) is registered in Canada by the registrant (or affiliate) of the comparable domestic pesticide.

Requires the Administrator to obtain the confidential statement of formula for the pesticide to determine if it is in fact identical or substantially similar to a comparable domestic pesticide.

Stipulates that any Canadian pesticide the Administrator registers must bear an approved label which completely covers the original Canadian label.

Prohibits actions in Federal court against: (1) the Administrator acting as a registering agency for damages resulting from the use of a product registered under this Act; or (2) registrants for damages resulting from adulteration or compositional alterations of such a product if the registrant could not reasonably have knowledge of such adulteration or alterations.]]>

A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide. Display Title A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2003-07-15T04:00:00Z 2004-06-23 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-687. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.