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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5070 
To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 to improve interagency coordination in the pesticide registration 
process, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2023 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. STRONG, and Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of 
Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu-
cation Reform Act of 1998 to improve interagency co-
ordination in the pesticide registration process, 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 ‘‘USDA Communication 
Regarding Oversight of Pesticides Act of 2023’’ or the 
‘‘USDA CROP Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. OFFICE OF PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY. 
Section 614(c) of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7653(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In support’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In support’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.— 
‘‘(A) COORDINATION OF DATA.—The Of-
fice of Pest Management Policy shall coordinate 
with the Environmental Protection Agency dur-
ing the pesticide registration and reevaluation 
processes under the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et 
seq.) and section 408 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a) with 
respect to any action that impacts the sale, dis-
tribution, or use of a pesticide to ensure that 
the Environmental Protection Agency has the 
following data for use and consideration in 
making decisions under those processes: 
‘‘(i) Department of Agriculture agro-
nomic use data. 
‘‘(ii) Commercially available agro-
nomic use data. 
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‘‘(iii) Industry agronomic use data. 
‘‘(B) ECONOMIC
VIABILITY
OF
ALTER-
NATIVES.—The Office of Pest Management Pol-
icy shall coordinate with the Environmental 
Protection Agency to provide information relat-
ing to the economic viability of alternatives for 
consideration by the Environmental Protection 
Agency in making registration and reevaluation 
decisions described in subparagraph (A) that 
may affect agricultural producers. 
‘‘(3) REASONABLE AND PRUDENT ACTIONS AND 
MEASURES.—The Office of Pest Management Policy 
shall collaborate with the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘Serv-
ices’)— 
‘‘(A) to review the development of reason-
able and prudent actions and measures as a re-
sult of consultations relating to actions under 
the 
Federal 
Insecticide, 
Fungicide, 
and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); and 
‘‘(B) to provide feedback to the Services on 
decisions relating to reasonable and prudent ac-
tions and measures that may affect agricultural 
producers. 
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‘‘(4) RESPONSE
REQUIRED
FROM
THE
ENVI-
RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.— 
‘‘(A) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Before the pub-
lication of a proposed interim decision that in-
cludes more restrictive changes to a pesticide 
label, including a use, tolerance, or registration 
decision issued as part of a registration or re-
evaluation process under the Federal Insecti-
cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136 et seq.), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (referred to in this 
paragraph as the ‘Administrator’) shall provide 
to the Office of Pest Management Policy an op-
portunity to comment on the decision for a pe-
riod of 90 days. 
‘‘(B) RESPONSE.—If the Administrator re-
ceives any comments under subparagraph (A), 
the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(i) respond to the comments; and 
‘‘(ii) publish that response in the Fed-
eral Register with the applicable proposed 
interim decision described in subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(C) DATA AND INFORMATION PROVIDED 
BY THE OFFICE.—The Administrator shall pub-
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