,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aiii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #i1 #bjbe
 ,mr4 ,marshall introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,agriculture1     
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,federal ,insecticide1    
,fungicide1 and ,rodenticide ,act to    
provide for improved coordination       
between the ,administrator of the       
,environmental ,protection ,agency and  
the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4  ,short title      
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,usda   
,communication ,regarding ,oversight of 
,pesticides ,act of #bjbe or the ,,usda 
,,crop ,act of #bjbe4  #b4              
,coordination  ,section #c of the       
,federal ,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 and  
,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #acf;a7 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7i7  ,coordination  7#a7    
,risk mitigation measures  ,if any risk 
mitigation measures are required for any

 pesticide registered under this ,act1  
the ,administrator shall--  7,a7 develop
 such measures in coordination with the 
,secretary of ,agriculture2 and  7,b7   
conduct1 and publish in the docket1 with
 the corresponding action1 an economic  
analysis determining the cost 7including
 with respect to changes to use         
requirements and cost of making any     
associated labeling changes7 to growers1
 ,state lead agencies1 and other        
affected entities of the implementation 
of such measures4  7#b7  ,data and      
information  7,a7  ,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    
#djh of the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and  
,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cdf;a7   
with respect to any action that impacts 
the sale1 distribution1 or use of a     
pesticide1 the ,administrator shall     
coordinate with the ,secretary of       
,agriculture1 acting through the        

,director of the ,office of ,pest       
,management ,policy1 so that the        
,administrator has for the              
,administrator's use and consideration  
for such processes--  7i7 agronomic use 
data from--  7,i7 the ,department of    
,agriculture2 and  7,,ii7 industry2 and 
7ii7 any information relating to the    
availability and economic viability of  
alternatives to such pesticide4  7,b7   
,data and information  ,when issuing any
 decision resulting from the processes  
referred to in subparagraph 7,a71 the   
,administrator shall publish in the     
docket--  7i7 a description of the use  
by the ,administrator of any data or    
information provided by the ,secretary  
of ,agriculture under subparagraph 7,a72
 and  7ii7 the determination of the     
,administrator on whether to use such   
data or information1 including1 as      
applicable1 the reasons that the data or
 information was not used4  7#c7        
,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 #g of the 
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aecf7 with respect to the use
 of a pesticide registered under this   
,act1 the ,administrator shall          
coordinate with the ,secretary of       
,agriculture1 the ,secretary of the     
,interior1 and the ,secretary of        
,commerce--  7,a7 to review the         
development of any such actions and     
measures that are a result of           
consultations relating to actions under 
this ,act2  7,b7 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 selection2   
and  7,c7 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 ,act4   
7#d7  ,waiver  ,the coordination        
requirements imposed by this subsection 
may be waived or modified for a specific
 action to the extent agreed upon by the
 ,administrator1 the ,secretary of      
,agriculture1 and the registrant so long
 as such agreement is published by the  
,administrator in the docket for the    
corresponding action4  4