Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-2313
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-01
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural education

Civil actions and liability

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental education

Environmental regulatory procedures

Executive agency funding and structure

Government information and archives

Government trust funds

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Licensing and registrations

Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor

Pest management

Public-private cooperation

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act</strong></p> <p>This bill addresses the administration of the Pesticide Registration Fund under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).</p> <p>Under the bill, any amounts collected for FIFRA violations must be deposited to be used as part of the fund.</p> <p>The bill prescribes how the fund must be used for FY2021-FY2023, including by instructing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to utilize a certain amount of money from specified parts of the fund for partnership grants, the pesticide safety education program, and scientific and regulatory activities relating to worker protection.</p> <p>Finally, the bill requires the EPA to include in its annual report a comprehensive statement of fund expenditures and deposits into the fund that come from amounts collected for FIFRA violations.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2313 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act . 2. Pesticide registration fund set-asides for worker protection, partnership grants, and pesticide safety education 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 follows: (2) Deposits in fund Subject to paragraph (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 Government. ; (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 Administrator shall use approximately 1/17 of the amount in the Fund (but not less than $1,000,000) deposited pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) to enhance scientific and regulatory activities relating 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 Administrator shall use for the purpose specified 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 deposited in the Fund pursuant to paragraph (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 Administrator shall use for partnership grants— (aa) not less than $500,000 of the amount deposited 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 deposited in the Fund pursuant to paragraph (2)(A), the Administrator shall use $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2020 to carry out the pesticide safety education program. (II) Fiscal years 2021 through 2023 For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023, the Administrator shall use to carry out the pesticide safety education program— (aa) not less than $500,000 of the amount deposited 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 subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) shall be collected and available for obligation— (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, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation. . 3. Reporting requirements Section 33(k)(2)(O) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 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 deposits into the Fund under subsection (c)(2) and expenditures from the Fund under subsection (c)(3) during the previous fiscal year. . 4. Technical and clarifying amendments (a) Definitions Section 2 of the Federal Insecticide, 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 (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 exposure . (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 subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting Subject to subparagraph (B) . 5. Transfer of funds from violations of Federal 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 Insecticide, 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.).