HR5085-118

Introduced

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to fully protect the safety of children and the environment, to remove dangerous pesticides from use, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 28, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to fully protect the safety of children and the environment, to remove dangerous pesticides from use, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Agriculture, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDE298DC73D9D4B1B86F301D3CBE8CF9A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act.
  • Section HD654E0CAD5634B8C9661B4A656BE5CCF: 2. Findings Congress finds that— the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the EPA) regularly fails to incorporate updated scientific...
  • Section H8B263C9794114608949560663C66199A: 3. Ending indefinite delays on review of dangerous pesticides Section 2 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136) is amended—...
  • Section H03241009B8D145DB9F818A7BE1516EDC: 4. Emergency review of pesticides banned in other nations Section 6 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d) is amended by...
  • Section HD3EAFC9DD724457097D42A3548ACA4AC: 5. Ensuring accountability in conditional registrations Section 3(c)(7) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(7)) is...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to fully protect the safety of children and the environment, to remove dangerous pesticides from use, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Agriculture, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to fully protect the safety of children and the environment, to remove dangerous pesticides from use, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Agriculture Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 28, 2023

Mr. McGovern (for himself, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Grijalva, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Agriculture Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"farmworker incident" §H4D7368D25AD241B4A822DEC4708D8A07

exposure of a farmworker to an active ingredient, a pesticide product, a tank mixture of multiple pesticides, a metabolite, or a degradate that results in— an illness or injury— requiring medical attention or hospitalization of the farmworker

"dangerous pesticide" §H8B263C9794114608949560663C66199A

an active ingredient or pesticide product that may— be carcinogenic

"farmworker incident" §H8CE469013574488EB2B346644EF2A442

exposure of a farmworker to an active ingredient, a pesticide product, a tank mixture of multiple pesticides, a metabolite, or a degradate that results in— an illness or injury— requiring medical attention or hospitalization of the farmworker

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