Federal agencies would report pesticide use on land they manage

The administrator would create a public database of pesticide use on federal land. It would cover pesticide applications by any federal department, agency, or other federal body on land it owns or manages. The administrator would have one year after enactment to establish the database.

Federal agency heads would report pesticide application details to the administrator for public disclosure. The rules would cover pesticide applications by federal bodies on land they own or manage. The database would also include data those bodies compiled before enactment, including pesticide use proposals. Reports would include the applying entity, location and geographic coordinates, pesticide type and active ingredient, application date, and purpose. An agency head could keep only information needed to protect national security from the public after notifying the administrator of a national security harm determination. The agency must still report that information, and its head must notify Congress within 30 days. The protection lasts up to one year and may be renewed after a new determination. Reporting would begin one year after enactment. The administrator would have one year after enactment to publish older data.

A person could sue a federal body that fails to report pesticide use, and a judge could award damages to a winning plaintiff. The lawsuit would be against a federal body required to report under this section. A judge would set any damages, up to $5,000 for each failure to report and up to $25,000 for any three-month period during which the agency fails to report throughout.