Bill · H.R. 5196· House(119-HR-5196)
Protect Our Farmers and Families Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 9/8/2025
- Last activity
- 1/13/2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Sponsored by
- Anna Paulina Luna
- Cosponsors
- None
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Protect Our Farmers and Families Act of 2025," aims to cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide diquat. It deems diquat to cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is directed to cancel all registrations and revoke any tolerances or exemptions for diquat or its residues in food. Additionally, the bill prohibits the sale and use of any existing stocks of diquat. Finally, it prevents the EPA Administrator from reregistering the pesticide.
Yes
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+7
The bill prohibits the use of diquat due to its unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+2
Removing pesticide residues from food provides potential long-term health benefits for all households.
Would middle-income households be better off under this?+2
Removing pesticide residues from food provides potential long-term health benefits for all households.
The opposite
Would farmers be better off under this?-6
The bill prohibits the sale, use, and future registration of diquat, which removes a tool used in farming.
Does this invest in rural communities?-3
The prohibition of diquat and its existing stocks may disrupt agricultural practices in rural communities.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Environmental Protection: The bill deems diquat as causing unreasonable adverse effects on the environment, which serves as the basis for stopping its use (Section 2(a)(1)).
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Food Safety: The Administrator is required to revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows diquat or its chemical residues to be present in or on food (Section 2(a)(3)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Loss of Existing Supplies: The continued sale and use of existing stocks of diquat is prohibited immediately upon the enactment of the Act (Section 2(b)).
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Restriction of Pesticide Use: The Administrator of the EPA is prohibited from reregistering diquat, which ends its legal status for future use (Section 2(c)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Environmental Protections+7Improves Rural Development-3
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Low Income Households+2Good For Middle Class Households+2Good For Farmers-6
- 1/13/2026
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- 9/8/2025
- 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.
- Introduced in House