[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2324 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2324

  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2025

  Mr. Booker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides, 
                        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 ``Pesticide Injury Accountability Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR INJURIES CAUSED BY PESTICIDES.

    The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 34 and 35 (7 U.S.C. 136x, 
        136y) as sections 35 and 36, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 33 (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) the 
        following:

``SEC. 34. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR INJURIES CAUSED BY PESTICIDES.

    ``(a) 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 pesticide.
    ``(b) Recoverable Damages.--Monetary damages that may be recovered 
in a civil action under subsection (a)--
            ``(1) include compensatory and punitive damages, at the 
        discretion of the court; and
            ``(2) do not include attorney's fees or court costs.
    ``(c) Effect.--Nothing in this section shall preempt any State law 
claim.''.
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