HJM 4021 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

     Requests that Congress further the objectives sought by the Legislature of the State of Washington and apply the benefits of those objectives nation-wide by enacting legislation that:  Requires packaged commercial fertilizer to be labeled to display the nutritive, micro-nutritive, and nonnutritive content of the fertilizer, including any heavy metals; requires such information regarding the content of the fertilizer to be available to purchasers of bulk fertilizer; and expressly authorizes each state to establish standards for such contents in the commercial fertilizers sold within its boundaries.