---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 136i–2"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "136i–2"
heading: "Collection of pesticide use information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/136i-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Environmental Pesticide Control"
---

# §136i–2. Collection of pesticide use information

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall collect data of statewide or regional significance on the use of [pesticides](/usc/7/136.md?p=u) to control [pests](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) and diseases of major crops and crops of dietary significance, including fruits and vegetables.
- (b) **Collection—** The data shall be collected by surveys of farmers or from other sources offering statistically reliable data.
- (c) **Coordination—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall, as appropriate, coordinate with the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) of the Environmental Protection Agency in the design of the surveys and make available to the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) the aggregate results of the surveys to assist the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–170, title III, § 302, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1512.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, and not as part of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act which comprises this subchapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Pesticide Use Information Study

Pub. L. 104–170, title III, § 305, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1512, required the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to prepare a report to Congress evaluating the current status and potential improvements in Federal pesticide use information gathering activities and to submit the report not later than 1 year following Aug. 3, 1996.