Rep. Nancy Mace Files Farm Bill Amendment To Strip Pesticide Loopholes From Farm Bill

April 26, 2026 Press Release Amendment Removes Provisions Which Preempt State Authority and Shield Pesticide Industry from Accountability WASHINGTON, D.C. (Apr. 26, 2026) — Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) is filing an amendment to the Farm Bill striking Title X, Subtitle C, Part I (Sections 10201-10207), a package of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) changes buried inside the bill. The provisions would rewrite pesticide labeling law to block states, localities, and even courts from imposing any warning requirements beyond what the EPA approves, strip local governments of authority to regulate pesticide sale, distribution, and use, and declare any pesticide use "lawful" regardless of other legal requirements so long as it follows its EPA-approved label. The package also extends EPA's registration review deadline to 2031, giving the agency more runway to keep potentially harmful pesticides on the market without completing required review. "A Farm Bill should help farmers, not shield the pesticide industry from accountability," said Congresswoman Mace. "These provisions preempt state and local authority, shut down judicial review, and hand EPA bureaucrats unchecked power to define what is safe. South Carolina farmers, families, and communities deserve better. This amendment strips them out." Making America healthy again starts with what is on our plates. Weakening pesticide oversight moves in the wrong direction. Rep. Mace’s amendment makes sure it does not happen. Rep. Mace's amendment strikes the following provisions from the Farm Bill: Sec. 10201 — Exclusion of certain substances Sec. 10202 — Coordination Sec. 10203 — Interagency working group Sec. 10204 — Registration review Sec. 10205 — Uniformity of pesticide labeling requirements Sec. 10206 — Authority of States Sec. 10207 — Lawful use of authorized pesticides ### Issues : Environment Oversight & Accountability