HR 6631
115th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Pest management
Ban Nerve Agents In Our Food Act of 2018
Introduced: July 26, 2018
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Jul 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jul 26, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ban Nerve Agents In Our Food Act of 2018
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel the registration of organophosphate pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
The bill prohibits the sale and use of existing stock of organophosphate pesticides.
The bill requires the EPA to ban organophosphate pesticide residue on food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Committees of jurisdiction
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