Farmers Deserve Notification Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide at least 270 days advance notice in the Federal Register when a pesticide registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is to be canceled, suspended, or restricted, except in cases where the Scientific Advisory Panel votes to not require the notification period with respect to a pesticide.
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
 prohibit new labeling changes on use of registered pesticides without 
                    notice, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers Deserve Notification Act''.

SEC. 2. NO NEW RESTRICTIONS OF REGISTERED PESTICIDES WITHOUT NOTICE.

    Section 6(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Notice required.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator shall not 
                cancel, suspend or restrict the use of any pesticide 
                registered under this Act without providing, through 
                publication in the Federal Register, advance notice of 
                such cancellation, suspension, or restriction at least 
                270 days before such cancellation, suspension, or 
                restriction is to take effect.
                    ``(B) Nonapplicability.--The 270-day notification 
                period specified in subparagraph (A) shall not be 
                required with respect to a pesticide if a majority of 
                the Scientific Advisory Panel established under section 
                25(d)(1) votes to not require such notification period 
                with respect to such pesticide.''.
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Farmers Deserve Notification Act
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to prohibit new labeling changes on use of registered pesticides without notice, and for other purposes.
Farmers Deserve Notification Act
Rep. Baird, James R.