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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 4288
To clarify the application of a certain provision of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act with respect to the uniformity of pesticide
labeling, consistent with the text of such Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE22, 2023
Mr. J
OHNSONof South Dakota (for himself and Mr. COSTA) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To clarify the application of a certain provision of the Fed-
eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act with re-
spect to the uniformity of pesticide labeling, consistent
with the text of such Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural Labeling 4
Uniformity Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. UNIFORMITY OF PESTICIDE LABELING REQUIRE-1
MENTS. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 24(b) of the Federal In-3
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 4
136v(b)) shall be applied to require uniformity in national 5
pesticide labeling, and prohibit any State, instrumentality 6
or political subdivision thereof, or a court from directly 7
or indirectly imposing or continuing in effect any require-8
ments for, or penalize or hold liable any entity for failing 9
to comply with requirements with respect to, labeling or 10
packaging that is in addition to or different from the label-11
ing or packaging approved by the Administrator under 12
such Act (7 U.S.C. et seq.), including any requirements 13
relating to warnings on such labeling or packaging. 14
(b) P
ROHIBITION.—The Administrator may not issue 15
or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory 16
action, or approve any labeling (or change to such label-17
ing) that is inconsistent with or in any respect different 18
from the conclusion of— 19
(1) a human health assessment performed pur-20
suant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 21
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); or 22
(2) a carcinogenicity classification for a pes-23
ticide performed pursuant to such Act (7 U.S.C. 136 24
et seq.). 25
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