,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #h1       
#bjbe,mrs4 ,luna 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 diquat1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,protect 
,our ,farmers and ,families ,act of     
#bjbe4  #b4 ,cancellation of            
registration of diquat  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    
enactment of this ,act--  7#a7 diquat   
shall be deemed to generally cause      

unreasonable adverse effects on the     
environment 7as defined by section #b of
 the ,federal ,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 
and ,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4     
#acf772  7#b7 the ,administrator of the 
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall
 cancel the registration of all uses of 
diquat2 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   
diquat1 or any pesticide chemical       
residue that results from diquat use1 in
 or on food4  7b7 ,sale and use of      
existing stocks prohibited              
,notwithstanding section #f7;a7 of the  
,federal ,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 and  
,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#acf;d7a771 effective on the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the continued   
sale and use of existing stocks of      
diquat shall be prohibited4  7c7        

,reregistration prohibited ,effective on
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,administrator of the ,environmental   
,protection ,agency may not reregister  
diquat under section #d of the ,federal 
,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 and           
,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#acf;a-#a74