To improve the bill.

SA 3392. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Udall) proposed an amendment to the
bill H.R. 1029, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act to improve pesticide registration and other activities
under the Act, to extend and modify fee authorities, and for other
purposes; as follows:

On page 1, line 6, strike ``2017'' and insert ``2018''.
On page 2, line 12, strike ``2018 through 2020'' and insert
``2019 through 2023''.
On page 2, line 17, strike ``2018 through 2020'' and insert
``2019 through 2023''.
On page 2, line 21, strike ``2018 through 2020'' and insert
``2019 through 2023''.
On page 3, line 5, strike ``2018 through 2020'' and insert
``2019 through 2023''.
On page 3, lines 9 and 10, strike ``2018 through 2020'' and
insert ``2019 through 2023''.
On page 3, line 23, strike ``2017'' and insert ``2018''.
On page 3, line 24, strike ``2022'' and insert ``2025''.
On page 7, line 21, strike ``2017'' and insert ``2018''.
On page 12, strike lines 23 and 24 and insert the
following:
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``pesticide registration''; and
(ii) by striking ``October 1, 2013, and ending on September
30, 2015'' and inserting ``October 1, 2019, and ending on
September 30, 2021'';
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking ``pesticide registration''; and
(ii) by striking ``2015'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2021''; and
On page 13, line 1, strike ``(B)'' and insert ``(C)''.
On page 21, line 11, strike ``2021'' and insert ``2024''.

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On page 21, line 12, strike ``2021'' and insert ``2024''.
On page 21, line 19, strike ``2022'' and insert ``2025''.
On page 21, line 20, strike ``2022'' and insert ``2025''.
On page 22, line 2, strike ``2022'' and insert ``2025''.
On page 22, line 3, strike ``2022'' and insert ``2025''.
On page 186, strike lines 1 through 3 and insert the
following:

SEC. 7. EXTENSION.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
amendment made by this Act, any reference in this Act or an
amendment made by this Act to ``2020'' shall be deemed to be
a reference to ``2023''.

SEC. 8. AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD;
CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATORS.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this
Act and ending not earlier than October 1, 2021, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(referred to in this section as the ``Administrator'')--
(1) shall carry out--
(A) the final rule of the Administrator entitled
``Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard
Revisions'' (80 Fed. Reg. 67496 (November 2, 2015)); and
(B) the final rule of the Administrator entitled
``Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators'' (82
Fed. Reg. 952 (January 4, 2017)); and
(2) shall not revise or develop revisions to the rules
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
(b) Exceptions.--Prior to October 1, 2021, the
Administrator may propose, and after a notice and public
comment period of not less than 90 days, promulgate revisions
to the final rule described in subsection (a)(1)(A)
addressing application exclusion zones under part 170 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, consistent with the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C.
136 et seq.).
(c) GAO Report.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall--
(1) conduct a study on the use of the designated
representative, including the effect of that use on the
availability of pesticide application and hazard information
and worker health and safety; and
(2) not later than October 1, 2021, make publically
available a report describing the study under paragraph (1),
including any recommendations to prevent the misuse of
pesticide application and hazard information, if that misuse
is identified.

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