,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcbd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ag1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,booker 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 establish a private
 right of action for injuries caused by 
pesticides1 and for other purposes4  #a4
  ,short title  ,this ,act may be cited 
as the ,pesticide ,injury               
,accountability ,act of #bjbe4  #b4     
,private right of action for injuries   
caused by pesticides  ,the ,federal     
,insecticide1 ,fungicide1 and           
,rodenticide ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #acf et 
seq47 is amended--  7#a7 by             
redesignating sections #cd and #ce 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #acfx1 #acfy7 as sections #ce 
and #cf1 respectively2 and  7#b7 by     
inserting after section #cc 7#g         
,u4,s4,c4 #acfw-#h7 the following3  #cd4

 ,private right of action for injuries  
caused by pesticides  7a7 ,in general   
,any person the property or person of   
which is injured by a pesticide may     
bring a civil action in ,federal        
district court against a registrant of  
the pesticide for monetary damages for  
injury to the property or person caused 
by the pesticide4  7b7  ,recoverable    
damages  ,monetary damages that may be  
recovered in a civil action under       
subsection 7a7--  7#a7 include          
compensatory and punitive damages1 at   
the discretion of the court2 and  7#b7  
do not include attorney's fees or court 
costs4  7c7  ,effect  ,nothing in this  
section shall preempt any ,state law    
claim4  4