I 
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 work-
ers using registered pesticides, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farmworker Pesticide 
Safety Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PESTICIDE REGISTRATION FUND SET-ASIDES FOR 
WORKER 
PROTECTION, 
PARTNERSHIP 
GRANTS, 
AND 
PESTICIDE 
SAFETY 
EDU-
CATION. 
Section 33(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(c)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS
IN
FUND.—Subject to para-
graph (4), the Administrator shall deposit in the 
Fund— 
‘‘(A) fees collected under this section; and 
‘‘(B) any amounts collected or otherwise 
received by the United States for any violation 
under this Act, including such amounts received 
as— 
‘‘(i) a fine; 
‘‘(ii) a civil or criminal penalty; or 
‘‘(iii) restitution to the Federal Gov-
ernment.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3)(B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(I) 
FISCAL
YEARS
2013 
THROUGH 2020.—For each of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2020, the Admin-
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istrator shall use approximately 1/17 
of the amount in the Fund (but not 
less than $1,000,000) deposited pur-
suant to paragraph (2)(A) to enhance 
scientific and regulatory activities re-
lating to worker protection, with an 
emphasis on field-worker populations 
in the United States. 
‘‘(II) 
FISCAL
YEARS
2021 
THROUGH 2023.—For each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023, the Admin-
istrator shall use for the purpose spec-
ified in subclause (I)— 
‘‘(aa) approximately 1/17 of 
the amount (but not less than 
$1,000,000) deposited in the 
Fund pursuant to paragraph 
(2)(A); and 
‘‘(bb) 50 percent of the 
amount deposited in the Fund 
pursuant to paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(ii) PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.— 
‘‘(I) 
FISCAL
YEARS
2013 
THROUGH 2020.—Of the amounts de-
posited in the Fund pursuant to para-
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graph (2)(A), the Administrator shall 
use for partnership grants, for each of 
fiscal years 2013 through 2020, 
$500,000. 
‘‘(II) 
FISCAL
YEARS
2021 
THROUGH 2023.—For each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023, the Admin-
istrator shall use for partnership 
grants— 
‘‘(aa) 
not 
less 
than 
$500,000 of the amount depos-
ited in the Fund pursuant to 
paragraph (2)(A); and 
‘‘(bb) 25 percent of the 
amount deposited in the Fund 
pursuant to paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(iii) PESTICIDE SAFETY EDUCATION 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(I) 
FISCAL
YEARS
2013 
THROUGH 2020.—Of the amounts de-
posited in the Fund pursuant to para-
graph (2)(A), the Administrator shall 
use $500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2020 to carry out the 
pesticide safety education program. 
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‘‘(II) 
FISCAL
YEARS
2021 
THROUGH 2023.—For each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023, the Admin-
istrator shall use to carry out the pes-
ticide safety education program— 
‘‘(aa) 
not 
less 
than 
$500,000 of the amount depos-
ited in the Fund pursuant to 
paragraph (2)(A); and 
‘‘(bb) 25 percent of the 
amount deposited in the Fund 
pursuant to paragraph (2)(B).’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by amending subpara-
graph (A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) shall be collected and available for ob-
ligation— 
‘‘(i) in the case of amounts referred to 
in paragraph (2)(A), only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts; 
and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of amounts referred 
to in paragraph (2)(B), upon deposit, with-
out further appropriation and without fis-
cal year limitation.’’. 
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SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 33(k)(2)(O) of the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(k)(2)(O)) 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) a comprehensive statement of de-
posits into the Fund under subsection 
(c)(2) and expenditures from the Fund 
under subsection (c)(3) during the previous 
fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Federal Insecti-
cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (hh)(3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘substances.’’ and inserting 
‘‘substances’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
or’’ after ‘‘ammonia volatilization’’; 
(2) in subsection (i), by inserting ‘‘the District 
Court for the Northern Mariana Islands’’ after ‘‘the 
District Court of Guam,’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (aa), by striking ‘‘the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’’. 
(b) RESEARCH AND MONITORING.—Section 20(c) of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136r(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘incidential 
pesticide exposure’’ and inserting ‘‘incidental pesticide ex-
posure’’. 
(c) REFUNDS.—Section 33(b)(8)(A) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(b)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’. 
(d) EXPENDITURES FROM PESTICIDE REGISTRATION 
FUND.—Section 33(c)(3)(A) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w– 
8(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subpara-
graph (B)’’. 
SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM VIOLATIONS OF FED-
ERAL 
INSECTICIDE, 
FUNGICIDE, 
AND 
RODENTICIDE ACT. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for 
deposit into the Pesticide Registration Fund pursuant to 
subparagraph (B) of section 33(c)(2) of the Federal Insec-
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ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w– 
8(c)(2)), as amended by section 2, any amounts collected 
or otherwise received by the United States as fines, civil 
or criminal penalties, forfeitures of property or assets, or 
restitution to the Federal Government for any violation 
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.). 
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