PESTICIDES see also Agriculture; Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Analyses

Dept. of HHS Monitoring of Pesticide Tolerance in Food Products (H.R. 3504), 28358-28360 [19OC]

Safety of Imported Commodities Produced With Pesticides (H.R. 1778), 6724 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

As Food Imports Rise, Consumers Face Peril From Use of Pesticides, 23424 [7AU]

Facing the Issue of Pesticide Residues—How Can Consumers Bring About Change, 23425 [7AU]

Farmers' Purse Strings May Tie Up Chemical Legislation, 5698 [13MR]

FDA Admits Laxity in Testing Food Imports, 23425 [7AU]

Generic Pesticides Get a Boost, 5698 [13MR]

Lawmaker Urges Better Inspection of Imported Food, 23423 [7AU]

Matter of Imports—Controversy Over Labeling the Origins of Foods, 23426 [7AU]

Message on the Potato Bag, 33173 [20NO]

Pesticides in 15 Common Foods May Cause 20,000 Cancers a Year, 14299 [2JN]

``Superweed''—Digging in for a Battle, 14300 [2JN]

U.S. May Bar Grapes of Mexico, 23423 [7AU]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: improve safety of imported raw commodities produced with pesticides (see H.R. 1778)

———pesticide standards on imported meat and produce (see H.R. 1877)

Chemicals: cancel the registration of certain cyclodienes (see S. 1427)

Data requirements: coordinate and synchronize (see H.R. 2869)

Endangered Species Act: implementation of EPA regulations (see H.R. 3477)

Executive departments: use of pesticides without duplicating research (see S. 398)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see H.R. 2569)

———permit persons adversely affected by emergency suspension order to request expedited hearing (see H.R. 1771)

Food: improve safety of imported raw commodities produced with pesticides (see H.R. 1778)

———seizure and destruction of certain imports treated with pesticides (see H.R. 711)

Food products: tolerance (see H.R. 3504)

Foreign trade: country-of-origin labeling on imported commodities (see H.R. 1176)

———improve safety of imported raw commodities (see S. 835), 6854 [25MR]

———penalties for violation of country-of-origin labeling provisions of customs laws (see H.R. 1177)

Hazardous substances: ground water contamination (see H.R. 3174)

———registration (see S. 746)

Labeling: country-of-origin marking on imported commodities (see H.R. 1176)

———penalties for violation of country-of-origin provisions of customs laws (see H.R. 1177)

Local, State, and Federal officials: improved notification of storage of suspended or canceled pesticides (see H.R. 463)

Patents: extend agricultural and chemical products for period under regulatory review (see H.R. 1345)

Public lands: use (see H.R. 2271)

Tariff: triallate pesticides (see H.R. 2453)

Explanations

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (S. 1516), 20563-20566 [21JY]

Hearings

Committee on Agriculture: review EPA pesticide regulation programs (testimony), D239 [7AP]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: groundwater contamination from agricultural application of pesticides (testimony), D293 [29AP]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: residues in food (testimony), D305 [30AP]

Committee on Government Operations: PCB disposal (testimony), D235 [6AP]

Letters

Patent restoration: Otis N. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 5697 [13MR]

Memorials of legislature

South Carolina, 11946 [11MY], 13736 [27MY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: improve safety of imported raw commodities produced with pesticides (H.R. 1778), 6724 [25MR]

———pesticide standards on imported meat and produce (H.R. 1877), 7590 [31MR], 23419 [7AU]

Data requirements: coordinate and synchronize (H.R. 2869), 18707 [1JY]

Dept. of HHS: pesticide tolerance in food products (H.R. 3504), 28503 [20OC]

EPA: regulating use, 30250 [29OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 1771), 6233 [18MR]

———amend (H.R. 2463), 13035, 13036 [19MY]

Food: improve safety of imported raw commodities produced with pesticides (H.R. 1778), 6724 [25MR]

———tolerance (H.R. 3504), 28358 [19OC]

Foreign trade: violation of country-of-origin marking provisions, 3495 [19FE]

Hazardous substances: storage and inspection (H.R. 463), 966 [7JA]

Labeling: violation of country-of-origin custom laws, 3495 [19FE]

Pesticide Price Competition Act: enact (H.R. 2569), 17608 [25JN]

Research: prevent duplication by executive departments (H.R. 2271), 11135 [5MY]

Tariff: triallate pesticides (H.R. 2453), 12752 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: improve safety of imported raw commodities produced with pesticides (S. 835), 6909 [25MR]

Chemicals: cancel the registration of certain cyclodienes (S. 1427), 17576 [25JN], 20586 [21JY]

Executive departments: use without duplicating research (S. 398), 4372 [26FE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (S. 1516), 20562 [21JY]

Food: inspection of imports, 301 [6JA]

Hazardous substances: registration (S. 746), 5697 [13MR]

Imported Raw Agricultural Commodity Safety Act: enact (S. 835), 6874 [25MR]

Reports filed

Subsidies for Banned Pesticides Stymie Safety Reviews: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-459), 33230 [30NO]

Statements

Chlordane Ban: Representative Ray, 20798 [22JY]

Pesticide Case Arbitration Award: Library of Congress, 5697 [13MR]

Texts of

H.R. 1771, amend Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 6233 [18MR]

S. 835, Imported Raw Agricultural Commodity Safety Act, 6874 [25MR]