Pesticide Transparency on Federal Land Act
Requires federal agencies to report pesticide use on federal land for a public database, with a limited national-security exception.
In the House Agriculture Committee since Sept. 28, 2026, 7 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
People may want to know what pesticides are used on land managed by the federal government. The bill would require federal agencies to report pesticide applications and publish details in a public database. It would allow limited national-security withholding and let people sue over failures to report.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
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- Create a public pesticide database
The Environmental Protection Agency Administrator would establish a public database of pesticide applications on land owned or managed by federal agencies. Entries would identify who applied the pesticide, where and when it was applied, its classification and active ingredient, and the purpose.
- Require agencies to report applications
Departments, agencies, and instrumentalities across the executive, legislative, and judicial branches would report pesticide-use information to the Administrator within five days of applying a pesticide on federal land.
- Publish earlier pesticide-use records
The Administrator would also make available relevant information compiled by covered agencies before enactment, including pesticide-use proposals, subject to the national-security exception.
- Allow limited national-security withholding
An agency head could keep information from the public if disclosure would harm national security, but must still send it to the Administrator. The agency could withhold only necessary information for up to one year at a time and must notify Congress within 30 days.
- Allow lawsuits over missing reports
Anyone could sue a covered agency for failing to report. A judge could award up to $5,000 for each failure or up to $25,000 for a three-month period of continued failure to report pesticide use.
The bill would make information about pesticide use on federal land publicly available, including where pesticides are applied and why. That could help people understand what is being used on land owned or managed by the federal government.
The bill also sets limits on when agencies may keep information from the public and creates a way to challenge failures to report. The balance between public access, national-security concerns, and agency compliance is central to how the system would work.
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The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedSEP 28, 2026HOUSESEP 28, 2026By Rep. MaceReferred to Agriculture
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeeSEP 28, 2026AGRICULTURE NOWSEP 28, 2026In committee for 7 daysNo hearing yet
- 7 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- SEP 282026SEP 28, 2026REFERREDHOUSEReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- SEP 282026SEP 28, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
At day 7, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
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