EPA would have to work with the Department of Agriculture before setting some pesticide safety steps. It would also have to publish cost studies and explain how it used farm and industry data.
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To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for improved coordination between the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes. is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Latest action on H.R. 5564: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects farmers, pesticide makers, state pesticide agencies, and federal agencies that review pesticide risks. Farmers and states could see more public cost analysis before EPA changes pesticide use rules. Pesticide companies could have a formal role when EPA and USDA agree to waive or change coordination steps for a specific action. Wildlife agencies could also see more EPA and USDA input on some endangered-species measures tied to pesticide use.
Why this matters: Pesticide rules can change how farmers grow crops, what products companies can sell, and how wildlife protections work in practice. This bill would not decide which pesticides are safe or unsafe. It would change the process EPA must follow before some decisions. The real-world effect would depend on how agencies use the new cost studies, data-sharing rules, and coordination steps.
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