A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within that State.

Bill Number

S 332

Introduced

Feb 6, 2003

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S20 ...

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Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Canada Commerce Damages Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Imports Labeling Law Liability (Law) Licenses Packaging Pesticide regulation Pesticides State employees Trade secrets

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Summary

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit State registration of a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within such State, subject to certain requirements.

Prohibits actions in Federal court against: (1) States acting as registering agencies for damages resulting from the use of a product registered under this Act; or (2) registrants for damages resulting from adulteration or compositional alterations of such a product if the registrant could not reasonably have knowledge of such adulteration or alterations.

Actions

Feb 6, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2057-2058)
Feb 6, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2056)
Feb 6, 2003

Introduced in Senate

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