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Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025
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.
Summary
This bill amends federal pesticide law to establish a private right of action allowing individuals to sue pesticide manufacturers in federal court for injuries to their person or property caused by pesticides. People who suffer such injuries could recover monetary damages, which may include both compensatory damages to cover their losses and punitive damages at the court's discretion. The recoverable damages do not include attorney's fees or court costs. The federal right of action does not prevent individuals from also pursuing claims under state law for the same injuries.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Cory A. Booker’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $92,425
- PRIME HEALTHCARE $19,800
- APOLLO $15,800
- LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP $15,700
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY $14,100
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Cory A. Booker → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 17, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Jul 17, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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.”. <all>
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