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.
H.R. 5564 amends federal pesticide law to require the Environmental Protection Agency to work more closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture when making decisions about pesticides. Specifically, when the EPA requires safety measures for a pesticide, it must coordinate with USDA and publish an economic analysis showing how those measures will affect farmers and other users. The bill also requires the EPA to consider agricultural data and information about alternative pesticides from USDA before making registration decisions, and to publicly explain how it used that information. Additionally, the bill calls for coordination among the EPA, USDA, and other agencies when implementing environmental protections related to pesticides under the Endangered Species Act. The coordination requirements can be waived if the EPA, USDA, and the pesticide manufacturer all agree and the agreement is publicly documented.
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