§5882. Pest and disease control data base and pesticide resistance monitoring

(a) Data base required

The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and maintain a data base on available materials and methods of pest and disease control available to agricultural producers. The data base required by this subsection shall include a listing (by crop, animal, and pest or disease) of information-

(1) on currently available materials or methods of chemical, biological, cultural, or other means of controlling plant and animal pests and diseases; and

(2) on the extent of pest or disease resistance developed under the monitoring required by subsection (d) of this section.

(b) Priorities for research and extension activities

When the information in the data base established under subsection (a) of this section indicates a shortage of available pest or disease control materials or methods to protect a particular crop or animal, the Secretary of Agriculture shall set priorities designed to overcome this shortage in its pest and disease control research and extension programs conducted under this subchapter.

(c) Dissemination of information in data base

The Secretary of Agriculture shall-

(1) make the information contained in the data base established under subsection (a) of this section available through the National Agricultural Library; and

(2) provide such information on an annual basis to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in support of the activities of that Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.).

(d) Pesticide resistance monitoring

The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a national pesticide resistance monitoring program in accordance with the report developed by the Secretary under section 1437 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99 198; 99 Stat. 1558).

(e) "Pesticide" defined

For purposes of this section and section 5883 of this title, the term "pesticide" shall have the same meaning as given that term in section 2(u) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136(u)).

(Pub. L. 101 624, title XVI, §1651, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3754.)

References in Text

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is act June 25, 1947, ch. 125, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92 516, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 973 , which is classified generally to subchapter II (§136 et seq.) of chapter 6 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 136 of this title and Tables.

Section 1437 of the Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (d), is not classified to the Code.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 136w 3 of this title.