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to be appropriated for any fiscal year ending after June 30, 2 1975, shall be the sums hereafter provided by law. The

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expenses of the Federal Government in carrying out the pro4 visions of this Act shall be paid solely out of funds so ap5 propriated, and no fee other than reasonable fees for regis6 tration of pesticides under section 3 shall be required to be 7 paid to the Federal Government in connection with any ac8 tivity under this Act."

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AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

SEC. 3. The following Acts are amended by striking out the terms "economic poisons" and "an economic poison"

wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “pesticides” and “a pesticide" respectively:

(1) The Federal Hazardous Substances Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1261 et seq.);

(2) The Poison Prevention Packaging Act, as

amended (15 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.); and

(3) The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,

as amended (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROVISIONS OF ACT

SEC. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in the Fed

22 eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended 23 by this Act, and as otherwise provided by this section, the 24 amendments made by this Act shall take effect at the close 25 of the date of the enactment of this Act, provided if regu

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"(e) COOPERATION IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS.

5 The Administrator shall, in cooperation with the Depart6 ment of State and any other appropriate Federal agency, 7 participate and cooperate in any international efforts to 8 develop improved pesticide research and regulations.

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visions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to protect consumers in the United States from the dangers of pesticide residues in or on imported agricultural commodities, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Agriculture shall initiate and carry out an intensive quality control screening system to detect and quantify pesticide residues in and on imported agricultural commodities for which they are respectively responsible for sampling or otherwise monitoring. Such system shall include, but shall not be limited

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use only by a certified applicator shall not be effective until

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(B) Within three years after the enactment of this Act each State desiring to certify applicators shall submit a State plan to the Administrator for the purpose provided by section 4(b).

(C) As promptly as possible but in no event more than one year after submission of a State plan, the Administrator shall approve the State plan or disapprove it and indicate the reasons for disapproval. Consideration of plans resubmitted by States shall be expedited. (5) One year after the enactment of this Act the Admin18 istrator shall have promulgated and shall make effective 19 regulations relating to the registration of establishments, 20 permits for experimental use, and the keeping of books and

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enactment of this Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Agriculture

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"SEC. 18. EXEMPTION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.

"The Administrator may, at his discretion, exempt any

9 Federal or State agency from any provision of this Act 10 if he determines that such exemption would be consistent 11 with the purposes of this Act and would be in the public 12 interest.

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1 under the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 2 1657), the Transportation of Explosives Act (18 U.S.C. 3 831-835), the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 4 1421-1430, 1472 H), and the Hazardous Cargo Act (46 5 U.S.C. 170, 375, 416).

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8 research, including research by grant or contract with other 9 Federal agencies, universities, or others as may be neces 10 sary to carry out the purposes of this Act, and he shall 11 give priority to research to develop biologically integrated 12 alternatives for pest control. The Administrator shall also 13 take care to insure that such research does not duplicate 14 research being undertaken by any other Federal agency. "(b) NATIONAL MONITORING PLAN.-The Adminis

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