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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§136u State Cooperation, Aid, and Training

Title 7 › Chapter 6— INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL › Subchapter II— ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL › § 136u

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator can make agreements with States and Indian tribes so they can help enforce these rules, train or use their staff, give grants, and run applicator training and certification that meet standards the Administrator sets. The Administrator can also contract with other agencies to support training. The Administrator must, with the Secretary of Agriculture, use state extension services to teach pesticide users about accepted uses and other rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §136u

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Administrator may enter into cooperative agreements with States and Indian tribes—
(1)to delegate to any State or Indian tribe the authority to cooperate in the enforcement of this subchapter through the use of its personnel or facilities, to train personnel of the State or Indian tribe to cooperate in the enforcement of this subchapter, and to assist States and Indian tribes in implementing cooperative enforcement programs through grants-in-aid; and
(2)to assist States in developing and administering State programs, and Indian tribes that enter into cooperative agreements, to train and certify applicators consistent with the standards the Administrator prescribes.
(b)In addition, the Administrator may enter into contracts with Federal, State, or Indian tribal agencies for the purpose of encouraging the training of certified applicators.
(c)The Administrator shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, use the services of the cooperative State extension services to inform and educate pesticide users about accepted uses and other regulations made under this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–396 extended provisions to Indian tribes, authorized annual appropriation of funds for training and certification programs, and required proportionate reduction of shares in the allocation of available funds when appropriations do not cover 50 percent of the annual costs. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–396 authorized contracts with Indian tribal agencies. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–396 substituted “shall” for “may”, substituted “use” for “utilize”, and “to inform and educate pesticide users about accepted uses and other

Regulations

” for “for informing farmers of accepted uses and other

Regulations

”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

For

Effective Date

of section, see section 4 of Pub. L. 92–516, set out as a note under section 136 of this title. Availability of Grants for Pesticide Program Development and Implementation Pub. L. 105–276, title III, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2499, provided in part: “That beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, pesticide program implementation grants under section 23(a)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 136u(a)(1)], shall be available for pesticide program development and implementation, including

Enforcement

and compliance activities”.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 136u

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60