1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 29, 2022The Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2018 (PRIA 4; P.L. 116-8): Authorization to Collect FeesPursuant to the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2018 (PRIA 4; P.L. 116-8), Congress authorized the U.S. Environmen
2、tal Protection Agency (EPA) to collect and use two types of fees to enhance and accelerate the agencys pesticide registration program and related activities. Without reauthorization of these authorities, EPAs authority to collect one type of feepesticide maintenance feesterminates at the end of FY20
3、23, while the authority to collect the other type of feepesticide registration service feesbegins to phase out at the end of FY2023. Background EPA assesses fees on pesticide manufacturers and distributors (both referred to as registrants) for pesticide registrations and pesticide-related applicatio
4、ns. A combination of these fees (which must be appropriated) and discretionary appropriations from the General Fund pay for EPAs pesticide regulatory activities as authorized by two statutes: (1) The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) requires EPA to re