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7 U.S.C. 136w: Authority of Administrator
Created in 1972 by Public Law 92-516. Changed by 9 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.
8 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 136, 7 U.S.C. 136d, 7 U.S.C. 136j, 7 U.S.C. 136q, 7 U.S.C. 136s.
12 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Environmental Protection Agency (12).
- past change
- enacted this Congress
- proposed
This Congress
- S. 5526 Agricultural Act of 2026 · reported by committee · would change the section as a whole
How it got here
1996
- Pub. L. 104–170, §235, inserted ", including public health pesticides," after "various classes of pesticides" and substituted ", nonagricultural, and public health pesticides" for "and nonagricultural pesticides". (Food Quality Protection Act of 1996) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 104–170, §104, designated existing text as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). (Food Quality Protection Act of 1996) Law text · (d)
1991
- Pub. L. 102–237, §1006(b)(1), substituted "the Administrator" for "he" before "shall". · (a)
- Pub. L. 102–237, §1006(b)(1), substituted "the Administrator" for "he" before "determines". · (b)
- Pub. L. 102–237, §1006(b)(2), substituted "the Administrator's" for "his". · (c)
- Pub. L. 102–237, §1006(b)(1), substituted "the Administrator" for "he" before "determines". · (c)
- Pub. L. 102–237, §1006(b)(1), substituted "the Administrator" for "he" before "deems necessary" and before "shall publish". · (d)
1988
- Pub. L. 100–532, §801(n)(1), amended heading and directed that pars. (1) to (3) be aligned at left margin with subsec. (c)(1), and that subpars. (A) to (D) of par. (2) be indented, and in par. (3) substituted "Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry" for "Committee on Agricul… · (a)
- Pub. L. 100–532, §605, amended par. (4) generally, substituting single unlettered par. (4) for former subpars. (A) to (E). · (a)
- Pub. L. 100–352, in subpar. (E), struck out "(i)" before "Any interested" and struck out cl. (ii) which provided that notwithstanding any other provision of law, any decision on a matter certified under cl. (i) of this subparagraph be reviewable by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United… · (a)
- Pub. L. 100–532, §602, substituted "section shall be permanent" for "subsection shall terminate September 30, 1987". · (d)
- Pub. L. 100–532, §801(n)(2), substituted "pesticide. Whenever" for "pesticide: Provided, That whenever". · (e)
1984
- Pub. L. 98–620 struck out cl. (iii) requiring the court of appeals and the Supreme Court to advance on the docket and expedite the disposition of any matter certified under cl. (i) of this subparagraph. · (a)
1983
- Pub. L. 98–201 in fourth sentence, inserted "under this subsection" after "submitted"; in eighth sentence, provided for utilization of a system of staggered terms of appointment and substituted "7" and "6" for "seven" and "six", respectively, and inserted ninth through fourteenth sente… · (d)
1980
- Pub. L. 96–539, §4, added par. (4). · (a)
- Pub. L. 96–539, §1, inserted provisions relating to composition of subpanels and submissions to advisory panels respecting registration suspensions. · (d)
- Pub. L. 96–539, §2(a), added subsec. (e). · (e)
1978
- Pub. L. 95–396, §23(1), required regulations to take into account differences in environmental risk and appropriate data for evaluating such risk between agricultural and nonagricultural pesticides. · (a)
- Pub. L. 95–396, §23(2), required the Administrator, before taking any final action, to consider certain factors bearing on the agricultural economy and to publish an analysis of the effect in the Federal Register. · (a)
- Pub. L. 95–396, §23(3), (4), required the Administrator to solicit operating guidelines from the scientific advisory panel to improve scientific analyses made by personnel of the Environmental Protection Agency that lead to decisions by the Administrator in carrying out this subchapter… · (d)
1975
- Pub. L. 94–140, §2(a)(1), (2), redesignated existing provision as subsec. (a)(1) and inserted ", in accordance with the procedure described in paragraph (2)," after "is authorized". · (a)
- Pub. L. 94–140, §2(a)(3), added par. (2). · (a)
- Pub. L. 94–140, §6, added par. (3). · (a)
- Pub. L. 94–140, §7, added subsec. (d). · (d)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.