HR 2609
105th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Labeling
Law
Methyl bromide
Ozone layer depletion
Pesticide regulation
Pesticides
Treaties
To make a regulatory correction concerning methyl bromide to meet the obligations of the Montreal Protocol without placing the farmers of the United States at a competitive disadvantage versus foreign growers.
Introduced: October 6, 1997
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Became law
Oct 27, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Oct 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Oct 6, 1997
Referred to House Agriculture
Oct 6, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 6, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Oct 6, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from controlling the consumption, production, importation, or export of methyl bromide for pesticide use, except: (1) as required by the Montreal Protocol of all parties; or (2) upon a Department of Agriculture certification of appropriate alternatives or substitutes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.