[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10145 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10145

    To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to rely on certain 
 data with respect to a toxicity determination related to a pesticide 
               chemical residue, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 24, 2026

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to rely on certain 
 data with respect to a toxicity determination related to a pesticide 
               chemical residue, 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 ``Scientific Oversight for Unbiased 
and Neutral Data in Pesticide Research Act'' or the ``SOUND Pesticide 
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. MULTIGENERATIONAL REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY STUDY REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 408(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(G) Multigenerational reproductive toxicity 
                study.--
                            ``(i) Requirements.--In establishing, 
                        modifying, leaving in effect, or revoking a 
                        tolerance or exemption for a pesticide chemical 
                        residue, the Administrator shall rely on data 
                        that is--
                                    ``(I) comprehensive, as determined 
                                by the Administrator; and
                                    ``(II) derived from a 
                                multigenerational reproductive toxicity 
                                study that includes not fewer than 4 
                                generations of test species.
                            ``(ii) Review.--Not later than 180 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Scientific 
                        Oversight for Unbiased and Neutral Data 
                        Research Act of 2026, the Administrator shall 
                        determine whether each determination to 
                        establish, modify, revoke, or leave in effect a 
                        tolerance or exemption for a pesticide chemical 
                        residue under this section is supported by data 
                        that meets the requirements under clause 
                        (i).''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to Congress a report that identifies each determination 
that was reviewed, updated, or otherwise changed as a result of the 
amendments made to section 408(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(b)(2)) by this section.
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