USDA CROP Act of 2025

Roger Marshall

Republican · KS · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2025-06-09

Source: Congress.gov

The USDA CROP Act would likely establish or modify environmental protections related to agricultural practices, crop production, or land management under the Department of Agriculture's oversight. The bill would affect farmers, agricultural companies, and potentially consumers by setting new standards or requirements for how crops are grown and how farmland is managed to protect the environment. Since it's currently in committee, the specific details of what environmental rules it would create are still being developed.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1999 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1999 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 9, 2025 Mr. Marshall introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2025'' or the ``USDA CROP Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. COORDINATION. Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(i) Coordination.-- ``(1) Risk mitigation measures.--If any risk mitigation measures are required for any pesticide registered under this Act, the Administrator shall-- ``(A) develop such measures in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture; and ``(B) conduct, and publish in the docket, with the corresponding action, an economic analysis determining the cost (including with respect to changes to use requirements and cost of making any associated labeling changes) to growers, State lead agencies, and other affected entities of the implementation of such measures. ``(2) Data and information.-- ``(A) Coordination of data and information.--With regard to the registration or registration review of a pesticide under this Act and for making a determination under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a) with respect to any action that impacts the sale, distribution, or use of a pesticide, the Administrator shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Director of the Office of Pest Management Policy, so that the Administrator has for the Administrator's use and consideration for such processes-- ``(i) agronomic use data from-- ``(I) the Department of Agriculture; and ``(II) industry; and ``(ii) any information relating to the availability and economic viability of alternatives to such pesticide. ``(B) Data and information.--When issuing any decision resulting from the processes referred to in subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall publish in the docket-- ``(i) a description of the use by the Administrator of any data or information provided by the Secretary of Agriculture under subparagraph (A); and ``(ii) the determination of the Administrator on whether to use such data or information, including, as applicable, the reasons that the data or information was not used. ``(3) Reasonable and prudent actions and measures.--For the implementation of reasonable and prudent actions and measures identified by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) with respect to the use of a pesticide registered under this Act, the Administrator shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Commerce-- ``(A) to review the development of any such actions and measures that are a result of consultations relating to actions under this Act; ``(B) to fully consider the options for reasonable and prudent actions and measures in a manner consistent with practices established to evaluate the risks and benefits of a pesticide registered under this Act and to use that information…

to inform the final selection of reasonable and prudent actions and measures to be used to evaluate such risks and benefits and the implementation of such selection; and ``(C) to provide feedback to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce on decisions relating to any such actions and measures that may affect end users of a pesticide registered under this Act. ``(4) Waiver.--The coordination requirements imposed by this subsection may be waived or modified for a specific action to the extent agreed upon by the Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the registrant so long as such agreement is published by the Administrator in the docket for the corresponding action.''. <all>

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