[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3399 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3399

 To prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of 
                   any pesticide containing atrazine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2007

 Mr. Ellison introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
  Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs, 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 prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of 
                   any pesticide containing atrazine.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ATRAZINE PROHIBITION.

    Nothwithstanding any other law, the use, production, sale, 
importation, or exportation of atrazine or an atrazine product is 
prohibited.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT.

    Any person who violates section 1 shall be fined under title 18, 
United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Atrazine.--The term ``atrazine'' or ``active ingredient 
        atrazine'' refers to the pesticide chemical 2-chloro-4-
        ethylamine-6-isopropylamin-1,3,5-triazine.
            (2) Atrazine product.--The term ``atrazine product'' means 
        any pesticide containing the active ingredient atrazine as 
        identified on the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
        registered label, either alone or in a combination with other 
        pesticides.
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