,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjac ,mr4 
,ellison 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1  
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4   
,moran1 and ,ms4 ,schakowsky7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1 and  
in addition to the ,committees on       
,energy and ,commerce1 ,ways and ,means1
 and ,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use1        
production1 sale1 importation1 or       
exportation of any pesticide containing 
atrazine4  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds
 the following3  7#a7 ,atrazine1 a      
weed-killing pesticide1 is the most     
widely used herbicide in the ,united    
,states4 ,the ,united ,states annually  
uses #fe1jjj1jjj to #hj1jjj1jjj pounds  
of atrazine4  7#b7 ,the toxicity of     

atrazine is well documented and has     
shown to have adverse endocrine effects 
in amphibians1 mammals1 and humans4     
,there is evidence that atrazine        
exposure is associated with small birth 
weight1 abnormal development of the gut 
wall in infants1 and spontaneous        
abortions4 ,in laboratory mammals1      
exposure is associated with abnormal    
reproductive system development1        
impaired prostate gland formation1 and  
abnormal breast tissue development4 ,in 
aquatic wildlife1 exposure is associated
 with abnormal reproductive system      
development1 impaired reproduction1 and 
impaired immune system function4  7#c7  
,the ,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife
 ,service acknowledges that atrazine may
 have potential adverse effects on fish1
 such as organ tissue disease1          
disruption to the endocrine and         
olfactory systems1 and reduced          
reproductive function4  7#d7 ,the       
,united ,states ,geological ,survey     
found atrazine in approximately #he     

percent of stream waters and #dj percent
 of all ground water samples from       
agricultural areas tested4 ,the ,united 
,states ,geological ,survey has found   
that atrazine has the highest frequency 
of detection of all pesticides in       
agricultural streams1 and the highest   
frequency of detection of all herbicides
 in urban streams4 ,according to data   
from the ,environmental ,protection     
,agency ,ecological ,watershed          
,monitoring ,program1 the surface water 
sampled in the ,midwestern and ,southern
 ,united ,states suffers from pervasive 
atrazine contamination4 ,sampling of    
watersheds between #bjjd and #bjjf      
showed that all #dj watersheds tested   
had detectable levels of atrazine1 and  
#be watersheds had average              
concentrations above #a ppb4 ,while     
these average elevated concentrations of
 atrazine are worrisome1 high peak      
concentrations may also be dangerous4   
,nine watersheds had at least one sample
 showing levels above #ej ppb1 and four 

watersheds had levels above #ajj ppb4   
7#e7 ,according to data from the        
,environmental ,protection ,agency      
,atrazine ,monitoring ,program1 high    
levels of atrazine are also evident in  
drinking water systems4 ,more than #ij  
percent of the samples taken in #aci    
water systems had measurable levels of  
atrazine in both #bjjc and #bjjd4 ,three
 systems had annual averages exceeding  
#c ppb4  7#f7 ,in #aiia1 ,germany and   
,italy banned the use of atrazine4 ,in  
#bjjc1 ,european regulators announced a 
ban on the pesticide throughout the     
,european ,union4  7#g7 ,the ,department
 of ,agriculture estimates that a ban on
 atrazine would result in crop losses of
 only #a4ai percent and decrease corn   
acreage by only #b4c percent4 ,since    
banning atrazine nearly #bj years ago1  
both ,italy and ,germany have not       
experienced a reduction of corn         
productivity or total acreage of land in
 production4  #b4 ,atrazine prohibition 
,notwithstanding any other law1 the use1

 production1 sale1 importation1 or      
exportation of atrazine or an atrazine  
product is prohibited4  #c4 ,enforcement
 ,any person who violates section #b    
shall be fined under title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 or imprisoned not more   
than #b years1 or both4  #d4            
,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7       
,atrazine ,the term atrazine or active  
ingredient atrazine refers to the       
pesticide chemical                      
#b-;chloro-#d-;ethylamino-#f-;isopropyla
mino-#a1c1e-triazine4  7#b7 ,atrazine   
product ,the term atrazine product means
 any pesticide containing the active    
ingredient atrazine1 as identified on   
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency  
registered label1 either alone or in a  
combination with other pesticides4