,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjai,ms4 
,velzquez 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,clarke of 
,new ,york1 and ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis  
of ,illinois7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 and in      
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 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 cancel the registration  
of all uses of the pesticide paraquat1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protect ,against ,paraquat ,act4  #b4  
,cancellation of registration of        
paraquat  7a7 ,in general ,pursuant to  
section #f7;b7 of the ,federal          
,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 and           
,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#acf;d7b771 effective on the date of the

 enactment of this ,act--  7#a7 paraquat
 shall be deemed to generally cause     
unreasonable adverse effects to humans  
in part due to its acute systemic       
toxicity and for being a known          
neurotoxin which causes ,parkinson's    
disease2  7#b7 the ,administrator of the
 ,environmental ,protection ,agency     
shall cancel the registration of all    
uses of paraquat2 and  7#c7 following   
such cancellation1 the ,administrator   
shall1 in accordance with section       
#djh7l77#b7 of the ,federal ,food1      
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4
 #cdf;a7l77#b771 revoke any tolerance or
 exemption that allows the presence of  
paraquat or any pesticide chemical      
residue that results from its use1 in or
 on food4  7b7 ,use of existing stocks  
,notwithstanding section #f7;a7 of the  
,federal ,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 and  
,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#acf;d7a771 effective on the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the continued  
sale and use of existing stocks of      

paraquat is prohibited4  7c7            
,reregistration ,effective on the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency may not reregister  
paraquat under section #d of the        
,federal ,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 and  
,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
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