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.
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced
Summary
Stronger EPA–USDA coordination on pesticide risk decisions. This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency to work closely with the Department of Agriculture on pesticide risk mitigation, add economic analyses of costs to growers and other affected parties, and make USDA agronomic data and information on alternative options available for registration and related decisions.
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- Growers and State agricultural agencies would see economic analyses tied to EPA risk measures, showing estimated costs of new use requirements, labeling changes, and how alternatives might affect farm operations.
- Federal regulators would have to share agronomic data and explain in the public docket when USDA-provided information was used or was not used, and coordinate with Interior and Commerce on Endangered Species Act actions that affect pesticide users.
- Pesticide registrants would be part of a more formal docketed process and can jointly agree with EPA and USDA to waive or modify coordination for a specific action, with that agreement published in the docket.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
EPA and Agriculture would coordinate on pesticides
When EPA approves or reviews a pesticide, or sets food-use limits that affect sale or use, it would have to work with the Department of Agriculture. If EPA requires new safety steps, it would publish an economic analysis of costs to growers, state lead agencies, and others, including any new use limits or label changes, and weigh benefits and risks to users. EPA would consider Agriculture’s crop-use data and information on viable alternatives, and post whether it used that data and why. For Endangered Species Act steps tied to a pesticide, EPA would coordinate with Agriculture, Interior, and Commerce and give feedback on impacts to end users. A specific action could skip or narrow these steps only if EPA, Agriculture, and the pesticide registrant all agree and post it.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]
MO • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
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