(2) OBLIGATION OF AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS.— 
Funds authorized for deposit in an account under 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) may be obligated or expended from the 
account only to carry out the environmental re-
mediation functions of the Secretary of Agri-
culture; and 
(B) shall remain available until expended. 
(3) PAYMENTS
OF
FINES
AND
PENALTIES.— 
None of the funds appropriated to the Trespass 
Cannabis Cultivation Site Remediation Account, Ag-
riculture may be used for the payment of a fine or 
penalty (including any supplemental environmental 
project carried out as part of such penalty) imposed 
against the Department of Agriculture unless the act 
or omission for which the fine or penalty is imposed 
arises out of an activity funded by the environmental 
remediation account concerned and the payment of 
the fine or penalty has been specifically authorized 
by law. 
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL
REMEDY
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘environmental remedy’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘remedy’’ in section 
101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601). 
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(j) BUDGET REPORTS.—In proposing the budget for 
any fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, the President shall set forth separately the 
amounts requested for environmental remediation pro-
grams of the Forest Service. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CERCLA.—The term ‘‘CERCLA’’ means 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.). 
(2) IMPROPER
PESTICIDE.—The term ‘‘im-
proper pesticide’’ means a pesticide that is— 
(A) at the time of application, cancelled by 
the Environmental Protection Agency under the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); 
(B) improperly applied; or 
(C) intentionally misused. 
(3) IMPROPERLY APPLIED.—The term ‘‘improp-
erly applied’’ means, with respect to a pesticide 
using a pesticide product in conflict with the product 
labeling or applying a pesticide in a manner that 
could pose a risk to environmental or human health. 
(4) INTENTIONALLY MISUSED.—The term ‘‘in-
tentionally misused’’ means, with respect to a pes-
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ticide, the storage or application of a pesticide on a 
cultivation site on Federal land which poses an indi-
rect or direct risk to wildlife, fish, or pollinators. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 
2033. 
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL PESTICIDE AP-
PLICATION. 
Section 14(b)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136l(b)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) PRIVATE APPLICATOR.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any private applicator 
or other person not included in paragraph (1) 
who knowingly violates any provision of this Act 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on 
conviction be fined not more than $1,000, or 
imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both. 
‘‘(B) DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FED-
ERAL
OFFENSE.—Any private applicator or 
other person not included in paragraph (1) who 
knowingly violates any provision of this Act 
during the commission of a Federal offense 
under section 1361 of title 18, United States 
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Code, shall, in addition to the punishment pro-
vided under such section, on conviction be im-
prisoned for not more than 10 years.’’. 
SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL FORESTS; RULES AND 
REGULATIONS. 
The Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551; 30 Stat. 
35), is amended by inserting ‘‘Any violation of the provi-
sions of this section, the sections referenced in the pre-
ceding sentence, or such rules and regulations, which in-
volves the illegal cultivation of cannabis on public lands 
using pesticides which are not in compliance with the Fed-
eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136 et seq.) shall be punished by a fine of not more than 
$250,000 or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or 
both.’’ before ‘‘Any person charged’’. 
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