Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act
The Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act would require the Environmental Protection Agency to complete pesticide registration reviews within 15 years, with automatic suspension of pesticides that miss deadlines. It mandates the EPA to review pesticides banned in the European Union or Canada, with automatic cancellation if the ban is not found to be clearly erroneous. The bill would ban organophosphate pesticides, neonicotinoids, and paraquat, prohibit continued sale of suspended or canceled pesticides, and require full disclosure of inert ingredients on product labels. It also establishes new protections for farmworkers by requiring bilingual labels, mandating incident reporting, and imposing penalties for non-compliance. These changes would directly affect pesticide manufacturers, farmers, farmworkers, and communities seeking to protect public health and the environment.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 28, 2023
Last action Sep 26, 2023
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Total actions
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Committee
2
Sep 26, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
lower
Jul 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
lower
Jul 28, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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Brad Sherman
DDemocratic
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald E. Connolly
DDemocratic
Co
Hillary J. Scholten
DDemocratic
Co
Jamie Raskin
DDemocratic
Co
Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
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