WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11304) on May 2, 2025, by legislative attorney Jason O. Heflin: * * * Preemption in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the United States. FIFRA generally does not preempt state or local regulation of p  more