# 119-hr-5196: Protect Our Farmers and Families Act of 2025

119-hr-5196, Protect Our Farmers and Families Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5196
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Our Farmers and Families Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Bans diquat nationwide.** This bill would declare the herbicide diquat to generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment and would cancel all registrations, revoke tolerances for diquat residues in food, prohibit sale and use of existing diquat stocks, and block any future reregistration. The actions would take effect immediately on enactment with no transition period. - Farmers and growers: Would lose legal access to diquat and would have to stop using any on-hand stocks right away. - Consumers and families: Would see diquat removed from permitted food residues because tolerances and exemptions would be revoked. - Retailers and suppliers: Would be prohibited from selling or distributing any existing diquat stocks. - EPA and regulators: Would be required to cancel all diquat registrations, revoke tolerances under food law, and would be barred from reregistering the chemical.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on diquat pesticide uses: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would require the EPA to deem the pesticide diquat to generally cause unreasonable adverse environmental effects, effective on the date of enactment. It would require the EPA to cancel all registrations for diquat uses immediately and to revoke any tolerances or exemptions that…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan
- 119-hr-1144: Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4123: FIT Procurement Act
- 119-hr-8827: ASSIMILATION Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5196 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5196)

## Related
- [119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8324)
- [119-hr-1144: Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorizatio…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1144)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-4123: FIT Procurement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4123)
- [119-hr-8827: ASSIMILATION Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8827)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5196 (as of 2026-09-21).