Food Quality Protection Act of 1996

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

12 May 1995

Last action

3 August 1996 · Became law

Status

Became Public Law No: 104-170.

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Cancellation and Suspension Title II: Minor Use Crop Protection Act of 1995 Title III: Data Collection Activities to Assure the Health of Infants and Children and Other Measures Title IV: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Food Quality Protection Act of 1995 - Title I: Cancellation and Suspension - Amends provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) relating to cancellations, changes in classifications, or other terms of registration with respect to the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires that a rulemaking under such provisions be based on a validated test or other significant evidence raising prudent concerns of unreasonable adverse effects to man or to the environment. Denies registration applications that are not in compliance with this Act. Title II: Minor Use Crop Protection Act of 1995 - Minor Use Crop Protection Act of 1995 - Amends FIFRA to define "minor use" as the use of a pesticide on an animal or commercial agricultural crop or site or for public health protection where: (1) the total U.S. acreage for the crop is less than 300,000 acres; or (2) the Administrator determines that the use does not provide sufficient economic incentive to support the initial or continuing registration of a pesticide for such use and there are insufficient alternatives available for the use, the alternatives pose greater environmental or health risks, or the pesticide plays or will play a significant part in managing pest resistance or in an integrated pest management program. Extends the period of exclusive data use for data submitted to support original registration applications for pesticides for an additional year for each three minor uses registered after this Act's enactment and before the expiration of the period of exclusive use, up to a total of three additional years for all minor uses registered by the Administrator if the Administrator determines that: (1) there are insufficient alternatives available for the use or the alternatives pose greater environmental or health risks; or (2) the pesticide plays or will play a significant part in managing pest resistance or in an integrated pest management program. Requires the Administrator, upon the request of a registrant, to extend the deadline for the production of residue chemistry data required solely to support a minor use subject to specified conditions. Applies the same extension conditions to data for reregistrations. Authorizes the Administrator to modify or revoke such extensions if the use may cause unreasonable adverse environmental effects. Permits the Administrator, in handling the registration of a pesticide for a minor use, to waive applicable data requirements if the absence of data will not prevent the Administrator from determining the risk presented by the pesticide and that the risk would not have an adverse environmental effect. Provides for expedited review (within one year of submission) of applications to support minor use pesticide registrations. Sets forth conditions for extensions of registrations for unsupported minor uses. Provides a procedure for meeting data requirements where a registrant has voluntarily cancelled a registration and another application is pending for registration of a pesticide that is for a minor use and is identical or substantially similar to, or for an identical or substantially similar use as, the cancelled pesticide. Directs the Administrator to establish a minor use program. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Department of Agriculture minor use program and a separate matching fund program. Requires the matching fund program to be utilized to ensure the continued availability of minor use crop protection chemicals. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Data Collection Activities to Assure the Health of Infants and Children and Other Measures - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to coordinate the development and implementation of survey procedures to ensure collection of adequate data on food consumption patterns of infants and children. Requires residue surveillance activities of the Department of Agriculture to provide for the improved surveillance of pesticide residues, including increased sampling of foods most likely consumed by infants and children. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) collect pesticide use data of statewide or regional significance for all the major crops and crops of dietary significance; and (2) in cooperation with the Administrator, implement research, demonstration, and education programs to support adoption of integrated pest management. Requires Federal agencies to use and promote integrated pest management techniques. Title IV: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to redefine "pesticide chemical," subject to exception, as any substance that is a pesticide, or any active ingredient thereof, within the meaning of FIFRA. Defines "pesticide chemical residue," subject to exception, as a residue in or on a raw agricultural commodity or processed food of a pesticide chemical or any other added substance present as a result of a pesticide chemical's metabolism or other degradation. Deems a processed food not to be adulterated, within the meaning of FDCA, if there are present pesticide chemical residues at tolerance levels not considered unsafe. (Current law treats only raw agricultural commodities in this manner.) Sets forth requirements relating to tolerances and exemptions from tolerances for pesticide chemical residues in food, including residues of degradation products, which allow the presence in processed food at the tolerance applicable to the raw agricultural commodity from which the processed food is made. Prohibits establishment of a tolerance that is more stringent than a level the Administrator determines is adequate to protect the public health (i.e., if the dietary risk posed by such level of residues is negligible). Allows a greater than negligible dietary risk if: (1) use protects from greater adverse health effects to humans or the environment; (2) use avoids greater risks from another pesticide; or (3) the unavailability of the pesticide would reduce the availability of an adequate, wholesome, and economical domestic supply of the food. Prohibits issuance of a final rule that revokes, modifies, or suspends a tolerance or exemption until the Administrator has taken any necessary action under FIFRA with respect to the registration of the pesticide involved. Requires the Administrator, where a pesticide is labeled for use on a particular food, to: (1) revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of a particular chemical or its residue in or on such food if the Administrator cancels the registration of each pesticide that contains the chemical or modifies it to prohibit the pesticide's use in connection with such food; and (2) suspend any such tolerance or exemption upon the suspension of the use of each pesticide that contains the chemical. Provides for: (1) tolerances for unavoidable residues in the case of a residue of a canceled or suspended pesticide chemical that will unavoidably persist in the environment and be present in or on a food; and (2) residues resulting from an application which was lawful at the time of application but with respect to which the tolerance or exemption has since been revoked, suspended, or modified. Prohibits, subject to exception, a State from enforcing any limit on a qualifying pesticide chemical residue (as defined in this Act) in or on any food which is not identical to Federal requirements. Prohibits a State, absent an unreasonable dietary risk, from enforcing a limit on the level of residues in any food if the sale of such food containing such residue level was lawful at the time of application of the pesticide. Authorizes appropriations for increased monitoring of pesticide residues in imported and domestic food.

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Timeline

12 May 1995
Introduced
Titles I-III referred to the Committee on Agriculture; Title IV, referred to the Commitee on Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
12 May 1995
Introduced
Titles I-III referred to the Committee on Agriculture; Title IV, referred to the Commitee on Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
12 May 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
12 May 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 May 1995
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: H. Hrg. 104-15.
Source: Committee
16 May 1995
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Source: Committee
23 May 1995
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
23 May 1995
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
26 May 1995
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Source: Committee
7 June 1995
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
20 June 1995
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
29 June 1995
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
19 June 1996
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
19 June 1996
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
11 July 1996
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 104-669, Part I.
Source: Committee
11 July 1996
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 104-669, Part I.
Source: Committee
11 July 1996
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
17 July 1996
Vote
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 45 - 0.
Source: Committee
17 July 1996
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
17 July 1996
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
17 July 1996
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
23 July 1996
Introduced
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Source: IntroReferral
23 July 1996
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
23 July 1996
Vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll No. 339).
Source: Floor
23 July 1996
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll No. 339).
Source: Floor
23 July 1996
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8127-8148)
Source: Floor
23 July 1996
Vote
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Source: Floor
23 July 1996
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Source: Floor
23 July 1996
Floor
Mr. Roberts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Source: Floor
23 July 1996
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 364.
Source: Calendars
23 July 1996
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Commerce. H. Rept. 104-669, Part II.
Source: Committee
23 July 1996
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Commerce. H. Rept. 104-669, Part II.
Source: Committee
24 July 1996
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
24 July 1996
Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
25 July 1996
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
26 July 1996
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
26 July 1996
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
3 August 1996
Became law
Became Public Law No: 104-170.
Source: President
3 August 1996
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
3 August 1996
Became law
Signed by President.
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related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1627) to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
related to → Public Health Pesticides Protection Act of 1995
related to → Minor Use Crop Protection Act of 1995
related to → Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995
related to ← Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995

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