Advance the Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act to prevent the use of toxic pesticides that harm children, farmworkers, and consumers and comprehensively update federal pesticide law.

The Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act : This act works to prevent the use of toxic pesticides that harm children, farmworkers and consumers in the United States. The Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act of 2020 (PACTPA) represents the first comprehensive update since 1996 to the law governing pesticide use in the United States, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

Neguse presents PACTPA as legislation to restrict harmful toxic pesticides and update federal pesticide law.

Climate Action | Congressman Joe Neguse
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Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (Introduced 07/28/2023) Committees: House - Agriculture Latest Action: House - 09/26/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Same-term House bill matching the commitment was introduced and referred to subcommittee, but Congress.gov shows it remained only at Introduced status rather than becoming law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.5085 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] | Cosponsor statistics: 22 current - includes 13 original

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official cosponsor page records 22 House cosponsors for the 118th Congress version; the listed cosponsors do not include Rep. Joe Neguse.

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Cosponsors - H.R.5085 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (Introduced 02/02/2023) Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Latest Action: Senate - 02/02/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Senate companion was introduced and referred, but it also remained at Introduced status in the relevant Congress.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S.269 - Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act 118th Congress (2023-2024)
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This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for various purposes, including to modify definitions, cancel or limit the registration of certain pesticides and active ingredients, and create a cause of action for individuals for FIFRA violations.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text summary matches the substance of the commitment to comprehensively update federal pesticide law and restrict toxic pesticides.

partial same_term A for effort

S.269 - Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act 118th Congress (2023-2024)
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S.269 - Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act 119th Congress (2025-2026) Latest Action: 02/10/2026 Became Public Law No: 119-77.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A later 119th Congress S.269 became law, but Congress.gov shows it was a different bill, not the Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act.

unresolved later_term

S.269 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The bill by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) would significantly strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA, to regulate the distribution, sale and use of pesticides.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Before the 2022 campaign, Neguse had introduced an earlier version of the proposal, showing prior effort but not same-term delivery after the commitment.

partial unknown A for effort

Bill Introduced by Sen. Udall, Rep. Neguse Would Ban All Organophosphate, Neonic Pesticides | Congressman Joe Neguse
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