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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2313 

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide 

for better protection of workers using registered pesticides, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2021 

Mr. GARAMENDI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act to provide for better protection of workers using registered pesticides, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farmworker Pesticide 

5 Safety Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PESTICIDE REGISTRATION FUND SET-ASIDES FOR 

2 WORKER PROTECTION, PARTNERSHIP 

3 GRANTS, AND PESTICIDE SAFETY EDU4 CATION. 

5 Section 33(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

6 and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(c)) is amended— 

7 (1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(2) DEPOSITS IN FUND.—Subject to para10 graph (4), the Administrator shall deposit in the 

11 Fund— 

12 ‘‘(A) fees collected under this section; and 

13 ‘‘(B) any amounts collected or otherwise 

14 received by the United States for any violation 

15 under this Act, including such amounts received 

16 as— 

17 ‘‘(i) a fine; 

18 ‘‘(ii) a civil or criminal penalty; or 

19 ‘‘(iii) restitution to the Federal Gov20 ernment.’’; 

21 (2) by amending paragraph (3)(B) to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 

24 ‘‘(I) FISCAL YEARS 2013 

25 THROUGH 2020.—For each of fiscal 

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1 istrator shall use approximately 1/17 

2 of the amount in the Fund (but not 

3 less than $1,000,000) deposited pur4 suant to paragraph (2)(A) to enhance 

5 scientific and regulatory activities re6 lating to worker protection, with an 

7 emphasis on field-worker populations 

8 in the United States. 

9 ‘‘(II) FISCAL YEARS 2021 

10 THROUGH 2023.—For each of fiscal 

11 years 2021 through 2023, the Admin12 istrator shall use for the purpose spec13 ified in subclause (I)— 

14 ‘‘(aa) approximately 1/17 of 

15 the amount (but not less than 

16 $1,000,000) deposited in the 

17 Fund pursuant to paragraph 

18 (2)(A); and 

19 ‘‘(bb) 50 percent of the 

20 amount deposited in the Fund 

21 pursuant to paragraph (2)(B). 

22 ‘‘(ii) PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.— 

23 ‘‘(I) FISCAL YEARS 2013 

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1 graph (2)(A), the Administrator shall 

2 use for partnership grants, for each of 

3 fiscal years 2013 through 2020, 

4 $500,000. 

5 ‘‘(II) FISCAL YEARS 2021 

6 THROUGH 2023.—For each of fiscal 

7 years 2021 through 2023, the Admin8 istrator shall use for partnership 

9 grants— 

10 ‘‘(aa) not less than 

11 $500,000 of the amount depos12 ited in the Fund pursuant to 

13 paragraph (2)(A); and 

14 ‘‘(bb) 25 percent of the 

15 amount deposited in the Fund 

16 pursuant to paragraph (2)(B). 

17 ‘‘(iii) PESTICIDE SAFETY EDUCATION

18 PROGRAM.— 

19 ‘‘(I) FISCAL YEARS 2013 

20 THROUGH 2020.—Of the amounts de21 posited in the Fund pursuant to para22 graph (2)(A), the Administrator shall 

23 use $500,000 for each of fiscal years 

24 2013 through 2020 to carry out the 

25 pesticide safety education program. 


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1 ‘‘(II) FISCAL YEARS 2021 

2 THROUGH 2023.—For each of fiscal 

3 years 2021 through 2023, the Admin4 istrator shall use to carry out the pes5 ticide safety education program— 

6 ‘‘(aa) not less than 

7 $500,000 of the amount depos8 ited in the Fund pursuant to 

9 paragraph (2)(A); and 

10 ‘‘(bb) 25 percent of the 

11 amount deposited in the Fund 

12 pursuant to paragraph (2)(B).’’; 

13 and 

14 (3) in paragraph (4), by amending subpara15 graph (A) to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(A) shall be collected and available for ob17 ligation— 

18 ‘‘(i) in the case of amounts referred to 

19 in paragraph (2)(A), only to the extent 

20 provided in advance in appropriations Acts; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) in the case of amounts referred 

23 to in paragraph (2)(B), upon deposit, with24 out further appropriation and without fis25 cal year limitation.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

2 Section 33(k)(2)(O) of the Federal Insecticide, Fun3 gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(k)(2)(O)) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 

7 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(v) a comprehensive statement of de10 posits into the Fund under subsection 

11 (c)(2) and expenditures from the Fund 

12 under subsection (c)(3) during the previous 

13 fiscal year.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Federal Insecti16 cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (hh)(3)— 

19 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

20 (A), by striking ‘‘substances.’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘substances’’; and 

22 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

23 or’’ after ‘‘ammonia volatilization’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (i), by inserting ‘‘the District 

25 Court for the Northern Mariana Islands’’ after ‘‘the 

26 District Court of Guam,’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (aa), by striking ‘‘the Trust 

2 Territory of the Pacific Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

3 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’’. 

4 (b) RESEARCH AND MONITORING.—Section 20(c) of 

5 the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

6 (7 U.S.C. 136r(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘incidential 

7 pesticide exposure’’ and inserting ‘‘incidental pesticide ex8 posure’’. 

9 (c) REFUNDS.—Section 33(b)(8)(A) of the Federal 

10 Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 

11 136w–8(b)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent.’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’. 

13 (d) EXPENDITURES FROM PESTICIDE REGISTRATION

14 FUND.—Section 33(c)(3)(A) of the Federal Insecticide, 

15 Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w– 

16 8(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Subject to subpara17 graphs (B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subpara18 graph (B)’’. 

19 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM VIOLATIONS OF FED20 ERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND 

21 RODENTICIDE ACT. 

22 The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 

23 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for 

24 deposit into the Pesticide Registration Fund pursuant to 

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1 ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w– 

2 8(c)(2)), as amended by section 2, any amounts collected 

3 or otherwise received by the United States as fines, civil 

4 or criminal penalties, forfeitures of property or assets, or 

5 restitution to the Federal Government for any violation 

6 under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

7 Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.). 

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