119-hr5564

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5564 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5564

 To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
 provide for improved coordination between the Administrator of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 26, 2025

 Mr. Arrington (for himself and Mr. Alford) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
 provide for improved coordination between the Administrator of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COORDINATION.

 

Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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            (i) Coordination.--
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    (1) Risk mitigation measures.--If any risk mitigation 
 measures are required for any pesticide registered under this 
 Act, the Administrator shall--
 ``
        (A) develop such measures in coordination with 
 the Secretary of Agriculture; and
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        (B) conduct, and publish in the docket, with the 
 corresponding action, an economic analysis--
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            (i) determining the cost (including with 
 respect to changes to use requirements and cost 
 of making any associated labeling changes) to 
 growers, State lead agencies, and other 
 affected entities of the implementation of such 
 measures; and
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            (ii) of the costs and benefits of the use 
 of a pesticide that includes an assessment of 
 how a reduction in risk to the pesticide user 
 may be achieved by the use of risk mitigation 
 measures.
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    (2) Data and information.--
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        (A) Coordination of data and information.--With 
 regard to the registration or registration review of a 
 pesticide under this Act and for making a determination 
 under 

section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a) with respect to any 
 action that impacts the sale, distribution, or use of a 
 pesticide, the Administrator shall coordinate with the 
 Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Director 
 of the Office of Pest Management Policy, so that the 
 Administrator has for the Administrator's use and 
 consideration for such processes--
 ``
            (i) agronomic use data from--
 ``
            (I) the Department of 
 Agriculture; and
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            (II) industry; and
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            (ii) any information relating to the 
 availability and economic viability of 
 alternatives to such pesticide.
 ``
        (B) Data and information.--When issuing any 
 decision resulting from the processes referred to in 
 subparagraph
        (A) , the Administrator shall publish in 
 the docket--
 ``
            (i) a description of the use by the 
 Administrator of any data or information 
 provided by the Secretary of Agriculture under 
 subparagraph
        (A) ; and
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            (ii) the determination of the 
 Administrator on whether to use such data or 
 information, including, as applicable, the 
 reasons that the data or information was not 
 used.
 ``

    (3) Reasonable and prudent actions and measures.--For the 
 implementation of reasonable and prudent actions and measures 
 identified by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
 of Commerce pursuant to 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 
 of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) with respect to the use of a pesticide 
 registered under this Act, the Administrator shall coordinate 
 with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 
 Interior, and the Secretary of Commerce--
 ``
        (A) to review the development of any such actions 
 and measures that are a result of consultations 
 relating to actions under this Act;
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        (B) to fully consider the options for reasonable 
 and prudent actions and measures in a manner consistent 
 with practices established to evaluate the risks and 
 benefits of a pesticide registered under this Act 
 (including the reduction in risk to the pesticide user 
 achieved by the use of risk mitigation measures) and to 
 use that information to inform the final selection of 
 reasonable and prudent actions and measures to be used 
 to evaluate such risks and benefits and the 
 implementation of such selection; and
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            (C) to provide feedback to the Secretary of the 
 Interior and the Secretary of Commerce on decisions 
 relating to any such actions and measures that may 
 affect end users of a pesticide registered under this 
 Act.
 ``

    (4) Waiver.--The coordination requirements imposed by 
 this subsection may be waived or modified for a specific action 
 to the extent agreed upon by the Administrator, the Secretary 
 of Agriculture, and the registrant so long as such agreement is 
 published by the Administrator in the docket for the 
 corresponding action.''.
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