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Last progress June 9, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 9, 2025 by Roger Wayne Marshall
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Adds a new coordination requirement to the federal pesticide law that makes the EPA Administrator coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture—and with the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce when relevant—on risk mitigation measures, data collection and publication, economic analyses, and Endangered Species Act–related actions. Some coordination steps may be waived if the EPA, USDA, and a pesticide registrant jointly agree and publish that waiver in the public docket. The change directs more interagency collaboration and public disclosure around pesticides: collecting and publishing certain data and economic analyses, aligning mitigation and ESA processes among agencies, and creating a mechanism for registrant-backed waivers to streamline specific actions.
If any risk mitigation measures are required for any pesticide registered under this Act, the Administrator must develop those measures in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture.
If risk mitigation measures are required, the Administrator must conduct and publish in the docket, with the corresponding action, an economic analysis determining the cost to growers, State lead agencies, and other affected entities of implementing such measures (including changes to use requirements and costs of any associated labeling changes).
For 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, the Administrator shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Director of the Office of Pest Management Policy) so the Administrator has agronomic use data and other specified information for use and consideration in those processes.
Specifically, the Administrator must have agronomic use data from (I) the Department of Agriculture and (II) industry for use in registration, registration review, and related determinations.
The Administrator must have any information relating to the availability and economic viability of alternatives to the pesticide for use in those processes.
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Last progress September 26, 2025 (4 months ago)
Directly affected actors include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA); the Departments of the Interior and Commerce when relevant will also be involved. Pesticide registrants (manufacturers and companies holding registrations) will face a clearer interagency process: they may participate in coordination and can agree to waivers that could speed specific actions, but they may also be subject to new data and analysis demands. Pesticide applicators, distributors, and farmers could be affected by changes to mitigation measures (label changes, use restrictions, or other requirements) that result from more coordinated agency decisions; these changes could raise compliance requirements or change allowed uses.
Environmental and species protection stakeholders may benefit from tighter coordination with ESA processes and from increased public access to the underlying data and economic analyses that support mitigation decisions. The requirement to publish coordination outcomes and analyses increases transparency but may also expose agencies to greater public scrutiny and potential litigation. For federal agencies, the provision increases interagency workload around coordination, data collection, and publication; however, the waiver mechanism may reduce duplicated procedural steps when parties agree. The provision does not appropriate funds, so agencies must carry out new duties within existing resources unless Congress provides additional funding separately.