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.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 6, 1997)
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.
What just happenedOct 27, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 6, 1997
- Oct 27, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Oct 14, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee - Oct 6, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Agriculture
Agriculture Committee - Oct 6, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
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, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Oct 6, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 6, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House