---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 136r–1"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "136r–1"
heading: "Integrated Pest Management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/136r-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Environmental Pesticide Control"
---

# §136r–1. Integrated Pest Management


The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture, in cooperation with the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b), shall implement research, demonstration, and education programs to support adoption of Integrated [Pest](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) Management. Integrated [Pest](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) Management is a sustainable approach to managing [pests](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture and the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) shall make information on Integrated [Pest](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) Management widely available to [pesticide](/usc/7/136.md?p=u) users, including Federal agencies. Federal agencies shall use Integrated [Pest](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) Management techniques in carrying out [pest](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) management activities and shall promote Integrated [Pest](/usc/7/136.md?p=t) Management through procurement and regulatory policies, and other activities.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–170, title III, § 303, 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.