| Committee/Subcommittee: | Activity: | |
| House Commerce | Referral | |
| Subcommittee on Health and Environment | Referral | |
| House Agriculture | Referral | |
| Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry | Referral | |
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| Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] - 3/25/1999 | Rep Chambliss, Saxby [GA-8] - 5/3/1999 |
| Rep Cooksey, John [LA-5] - 8/5/1999 | Rep Ewing, Thomas W. [IL-15] - 10/4/1999 |
| Rep Gillmor, Paul E. [OH-5] - 5/18/1999 | Rep Gutknecht, Gil [MN-1] - 5/27/1999 |
| Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 3/25/1999 | Rep Kuykendall, Steven T. [CA-36] - 6/9/2000 |
| Rep McCrery, Jim [LA-4] - 5/3/1999 | Rep Myrick, Sue [NC-9] - 5/27/1999 |
| Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [WA-5] - 5/3/1999 | Rep Norwood, Charlie [GA-10] - 5/18/1999 |
| Rep Schaffer, Bob [CO-4] - 5/6/1999 | Rep Shimkus, John [IL-20] - 5/18/1999 |
| Rep Stenholm, Charles W. [TX-17] - 8/3/1999 | Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] - 5/18/1999 |
FQPA Implementation Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, upon determining that there may be grounds for modifying, suspending, or revoking a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide chemical residue in or on food, from taking any such action until considering any additional data submitted to support the continuation of a tolerance or exemption.
Makes certain requirements for the Administrator's review of tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues in effect before the enactment of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) that relate to periods of time applicable only to the extent determined by the Administrator to be in the public interest. (Current law requires specified percentages of such tolerances and exemptions to be reviewed by certain dates.)
Authorizes the Administrator to issue a tolerance or exemption associated with an emergency exemption without regard to other tolerances or exemptions for the pesticide chemical residue and before reassessing such tolerances and exemptions if the Administrator determines that any incremental exposure that may result from the tolerance or exemption associated with the emergency exemption alone will not pose any significant dietary risk.
Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on financial resources needed for FY 2001 through 2005 to carry out the amendments made by the FQPA to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress the financial resources needed for such fiscal years in order to carry out responsibilities under the FQPA.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to monitor continuously the competitive strength of major U.S. agricultural commodity sectors in the international marketplace; (2) examine factors pertinent to assessing, by sector, the sustainability and competitive strength in the international marketplace and the relationship of such factors to regulatory decisions issued under the amendments made by the FQPA; and (3) submit periodic reports on such requirements and factors to Congress.