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Directs actions pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 136d(b) by deeming diquat to generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment and requiring the Administrator to cancel all registrations of diquat; also, notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136d(a), prohibits the continued sale and use of existing stocks of diquat effective on enactment.
Prohibits the Administrator from reregistering diquat under section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a–1) effective on the date of enactment.
Directs that following cancellation the Administrator shall, in accordance with 21 U.S.C. 346a(l)(2), revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of diquat or pesticide chemical residues resulting from diquat use in or on food.
This bill would ban the pesticide diquat right away. It tells the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all approvals for using diquat and to remove any allowed amounts of diquat residue on food. It also blocks any future approval of diquat. The sale and use of any diquat that’s already on shelves would stop immediately upon the law taking effect.
What this means for everyday life: farmers and applicators would need to switch to other weed-control options, stores could no longer sell diquat products, and food safety rules would no longer allow any diquat residue on crops or food products.
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.
Introduced September 8, 2025 by Anna Luna · Last progress September 8, 2025
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.
Introduced in House