[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9035 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9035

  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
 prohibit new labeling changes on use of registered pesticides without 
                    notice, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2022

 Mr. Baird (for himself and Mrs. Axne) 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 new labeling changes on use of registered pesticides without 
                    notice, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers Deserve Notification Act''.

SEC. 2. NO NEW RESTRICTIONS OF REGISTERED PESTICIDES WITHOUT NOTICE.

    Section 6(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Notice required.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator shall not 
                cancel, suspend or restrict the use of any pesticide 
                registered under this Act without providing, through 
                publication in the Federal Register, advance notice of 
                such cancellation, suspension, or restriction at least 
                270 days before such cancellation, suspension, or 
                restriction is to take effect.
                    ``(B) Nonapplicability.--The 270-day notification 
                period specified in subparagraph (A) shall not be 
                required with respect to a pesticide if a majority of 
                the Scientific Advisory Panel established under section 
                25(d)(1) votes to not require such notification period 
                with respect to such pesticide.''.
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