[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7266 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7266

  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
prohibit the local regulation of pesticide use, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2022

 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Baird, Mr. Balderson, 
   Mr. Valadao, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Mann, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
     Austin Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and Mr. Newhouse) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
prohibit the local regulation of pesticide use, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING LOCAL REGULATION OF PESTICIDE USE.

    Section 24 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136v) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading by inserting ``and localities'' 
        after ``states''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Local Regulation Prohibited.--A political subdivision of a 
State shall not impose, or continue in effect, any requirement relating 
to the sale, distribution, labeling, application, or use of any 
pesticide or device subject to regulation by a State pursuant to this 
section or by the Administrator under this Act.''.
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