S. 1406: A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-07-15 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-687.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-07-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-687. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide.

Plain summary

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register a Canadian pesticide that: (1) has not been previously disapproved; (2) is identical or substantially similar in composition to a comparable domestic pesticide already registered; and (3) is registered in Canada by the registrant (or affiliate) of the comparable domestic pesticide. Requires the Administrator to obtain the confidential statement of formula for the pesticide to determine if it is in fact identical or substantially similar to a comparable domestic pesticide. Stipulates that any Canadian pesticide the Administrator registers must bear an approved label which completely covers the original Canadian label. Prohibits actions in Federal court against: (1) the Administrator acting as a registering agency 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.

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Official text

A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · 6 cosponsors

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Mike Crapo (R-ID)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s1406.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s1406 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108