Rep. Luna and Rep. Pingree Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Ban Paraquat Pesticide
To cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide paraquat, and for other purposes.
This bill was introduced on June 17, 2026, and sent to the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for review. It is currently stalled because these committees have not taken any action since the bill was introduced. The bill will not move forward unless these committees decide to hold a vote.
While the bill has support from both parties, pesticide bans face heavy opposition from large farming groups and rarely make it through the Agriculture Committee.
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Paraquat is one of the most widely used herbicides in U.S. agriculture, applied to crops like cotton, soybeans, and corn. Farmers who rely on it would lose access immediately with no phase-out period, and could not even use supplies they already purchased. They would need to find and switch to alternative weed-control methods, which could be more expensive or less effective for certain crops.
“effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the continued sale and use of existing stocks of paraquat shall be prohibited”
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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
To cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide paraquat, and for other purposes.
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