Agriculture Committee, Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act This bill addresses the administration of the Pesticide Registration Fund under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Under the bill, any amounts collected for FIFRA violations must be deposited to be used as part of the fund. The bill prescribes how the fund must be used for FY2021-FY2023, including by instructing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to utilize a certain amount of money from specified parts of the fund for partnership grants, the pesticide safety education program, and scientific and regulatory activities relating to worker protection. Finally, the bill requires the EPA to include in its annual report a comprehensive statement of fund expenditures and deposits into the fund that come from amounts collected for FIFRA violations.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E331-332)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E331-332)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Environmental Protection
Agricultural educationCivil actions and liabilityEnvironmental educationEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment trust fundsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesLicensing and registrationsMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborPest managementPublic-private cooperationWorker safety and health
Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act
USA117th CongressHR-2313| House
| Updated: 6/15/2021
Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act This bill addresses the administration of the Pesticide Registration Fund under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Under the bill, any amounts collected for FIFRA violations must be deposited to be used as part of the fund. The bill prescribes how the fund must be used for FY2021-FY2023, including by instructing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to utilize a certain amount of money from specified parts of the fund for partnership grants, the pesticide safety education program, and scientific and regulatory activities relating to worker protection. Finally, the bill requires the EPA to include in its annual report a comprehensive statement of fund expenditures and deposits into the fund that come from amounts collected for FIFRA violations.
Agriculture Committee, Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
Environmental Protection
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Agricultural educationCivil actions and liabilityEnvironmental educationEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment trust fundsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesLicensing and registrationsMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborPest managementPublic-private cooperationWorker safety and health