Congress bans paraquat herbicide outright, eliminating a neurotoxic pesticide from U.S. agriculture.
H.R. 9357 — Paraquat Prevention Act · Filed by Anna Luna (R-FL) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill immediately cancels all EPA registrations for paraquat, a widely used herbicide, and prohibits its sale and use—including existing stockpiles—effective upon enactment. It also requires the EPA to revoke any food tolerances for paraquat residues. The bill prevents the EPA from ever reregistering paraquat in the future.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is the immediate cancellation of paraquat registrations and prohibition of its sale and use. It is a direct regulatory removal of a chemical from commerce, not a subsidy, carve-out, or procedural measure.
What the text implies
- Existing paraquat stockpiles become unmarketable waste; agricultural suppliers and distributors holding inventory face immediate loss of asset value and disposal costs.
- Farmers currently relying on paraquat for weed control must identify and adopt alternative herbicides, potentially at higher cost or lower efficacy, within the effective date.
- The bill does not provide transition assistance, buyback programs, or extended phase-out periods—the ban is immediate, creating economic disruption for affected agricultural operations.
- Paraquat manufacturers (primarily Syngenta, a Chinese-owned company) lose U.S. market access; the bill may trigger trade disputes or retaliatory tariffs if the company challenges the ban internationally.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens gain reduced exposure to a pesticide the bill identifies as causing unreasonable environmental harm, and food safety is protected by revoking tolerances for paraquat residues. Agricultural workers and rural communities exposed to paraquat application face lower occupational and environmental risk.
Who stands to gain
- alternative herbicide manufacturers
- agricultural chemical suppliers offering substitute products
Named in the bill
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Syngenta (paraquat manufacturer), agricultural sector
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Jun 18, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $210,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 16 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Anna Luna, the sponsor, reported $137,030 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research — $150,000 on 1 filing
- Parkinson's Foundation — $60,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,360 characters) on Aug 29, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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