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 AMENDMENT NO.

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Calendar No.

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Purpose: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain rules relating to agricultural worker protection and certification of pes-ticide applicators and issue an order relating to a peti-tion to revoke tolerances and cancel registrations for the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES—115th Cong., 2d Sess.

H. R. 1029

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve pesticide registration and other activities under the Act, to extend and modify fee authorities, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on

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and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed  A 

MENDMENT

intended to be proposed by Mr. U

DALL

(for himself, Mr. B

OOKER

, Ms. H

 ARRIS

, and Mr. B

LUMENTHAL

)  Viz: On page 186, strike lines 1 through 3 and insert the

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following:

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SEC. 7. EXTENSION.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or

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amendment made by this Act, any reference in this Act

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or an amendment made by this Act to ‘‘2020’’ shall be

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deemed to be a reference to ‘‘2023’’.

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SEC. 8. AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD;

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CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICA-

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TORS.

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During the period beginning on the date of enactment

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of this Act and ending not earlier than October 1, 2023,

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the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-

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cy (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’)—

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(1) shall continue to carry out—

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(A) the final rule of the Administrator en-

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titled ‘‘Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protec-

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tion Standard Revisions’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 67496

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(November 2, 2015)); and

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(B) the final rule of the Administrator en-

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titled ‘‘Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Ap-

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plicators’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 952 (January 4,

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2017)); and

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(2) shall not revise or develop revisions to the

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rules described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of

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paragraph (1).

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SEC. 9. RESPONSE TO OBJECTIONS RELATING TO A PETI-

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TION TO REVOKE TOLERANCES AND CANCEL

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REGISTRATIONS FOR THE PESTICIDE

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CHLORPYRIFOS.

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(a) I

N

G

ENERAL

.—Not later than 50 days after the

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date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the

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Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this sec-

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tion as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall issue an order stating

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the action taken on or relating to each objection submitted

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relating to the order entitled ‘‘Chlorpyrifos; Order Deny-

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ing PANNA and NRDC’s Petition to Revoke Tolerances’’

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(82 Fed. Reg. 16581 (April 5, 2017)).

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(b) O

THER

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BJECTIONS

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(1) I

N GENERAL

.—Not later than 90 days after

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receiving any other objections to orders, regulations,

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tolerances, or registrations for chlorpyrifos pursuant

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to section 408(g)(2)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug,

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and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(g)(2)(A)), the

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 Administrator shall issue an order—

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(A) stating the action taken on or relating

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to each objection; and

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(B) setting forth any revision to the regu-

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lation or prior order that the Administrator de-

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termines to be warranted.

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(2) H

EARINGS

.—If a hearing is held under sec-

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tion 408(g)(2)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and

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Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(g)(2)(B)) with re-

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spect to an objection described in paragraph (1), the

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order and any revision to the regulation or prior

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order described in that paragraph shall—

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