STOP Screwworms Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3392 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3392

   To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a New World 
        screwworm fly rearing facility, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2025

 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Fallon, Mr. 
Pfluger, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Jackson of Texas, 
Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
McCaul, Mr. Babin, Mr. Carter of Texas, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Self, 
Mr. Nehls, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Moran, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Vasquez, 
 Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Lucas, Ms. Davids of 
Kansas, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Owens, 
and Mr. Hunt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a New World 
        screwworm fly rearing facility, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Tactics to Obstruct 
the Population of Screwworms Act'' or the ``STOP Screwworms Act''.

SEC. 2. NEW WORLD SCREWWORM FLY REARING FACILITY.

    The Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 10409A (7 U.S.C. 8308a) the following:

``SEC. 10409B. NEW WORLD SCREWWORM FLY REARING FACILITY.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall begin construction on 1 
or more modular New World screwworm fly rearing facilities in eligible 
areas described in subsection (b). Such a facility shall, in addition 
to providing for the rearing of sterile New World screwworm flies, 
provide for the dispersal of such flies to areas at risk of New World 
screwworm fly infestation.
    ``(b) Eligible Area Described.--An eligible area described in this 
subsection is an area of a State that the Secretary determines to be--
            ``(1) at risk of New World screwworm fly infestation due to 
        the migratory pattern of confirmed detections of New World 
        screwworm flies; and
            ``(2) suitable for dispersal of sterile New World screwworm 
        flies reared at a New World screwworm fly rearing facility 
        established under this section to additional areas at risk of 
        New World screwworm fly infestation.
    ``(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and 
make publicly available on the website of the Department of 
Agriculture, a report that includes--
            ``(1) an analysis of the current threat posed to 
        agriculture in the United States by New World screwworm flies; 
        and
            ``(2) a description of--
                    ``(A) the efforts being taken by the Secretary to 
                combat New World screwworm fly migration, including 
                construction and operation of the facilities described 
                in subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) the effectiveness of such efforts.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $300,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.''.
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