---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 136s"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "136s"
heading: "Solicitation of comments; notice of public hearings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/136s"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Environmental Pesticide Control"
---

# §136s. Solicitation of comments; notice of public hearings

- (a) **Secretary of Agriculture—** The [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b), before publishing regulations under this subchapter, shall solicit the views of the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture in accordance with the procedure described in [section 136w(a) of this title](/usc/7/136w.md?p=a).
- (b) **Secretary of Health and Human Services—** The [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b), before publishing regulations under this subchapter for any [public health pesticide](/usc/7/136.md?p=nn), shall solicit the views of the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Health and Human Services in the same manner as the views of the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture are solicited under [section 136w(a)(2) of this title](/usc/7/136w.md?p=a-2).
- (c) **Views—** In addition to any other authority relating to public hearings and solicitation of views, in connection with the suspension or cancellation of a [pesticide](/usc/7/136.md?p=u) [registration](/usc/7/136.md?p=z) or any other actions authorized under this subchapter, the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) may, at the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b)’s discretion, solicit the views of all interested [persons](/usc/7/136.md?p=s), either orally or in writing, and seek such advice from scientists, farmers, farm organizations, and other qualified [persons](/usc/7/136.md?p=s) as the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) deems proper.
- (d) **Notice—** In connection with all public hearings under this subchapter the [Administrator](/usc/7/136.md?p=b) shall publish timely notice of such hearings in the Federal Register.

## Source credit

(June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 21, as added Pub. L. 92–516, § 2, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 996; amended Pub. L. 94–140, § 2(b), Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 752; Pub. L. 100–532, title VIII, § 801(l), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2682; Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1006(b)(1), (2), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1895; Pub. L. 104–170, title II, § 234, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1509.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 104–170 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.

1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “the Administrator” for “he” before “deems” and “the Administrator’s” for “his”.

1988—Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(l), inserted headings for subsecs. (a) to (c).

1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–140 inserted “in accordance with the procedure described in section 136w(a) of this title” after “Secretary of Agriculture”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–532 effective on expiration of 60 days after Oct. 25, 1988, see section 901 of Pub. L. 100–532, set out as a note under section 136 of this title.

### Effective Date

For effective date of section, see section 4 of Pub. L. 92–516, set out as a note under section 136 of this title.