Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act

Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act

This bill includes combatting the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) as a Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension area and reauthorizes other USDA research and extension initiatives.

The bill specifically allows grants for developing and disseminating research-based tools and treatments to combat the spotted lanternfly, which is an invasive species native to Asia that feeds on a wide range of crops and plants (e.g., grapes, apples, hops, walnuts, and hardwood trees).

Further, the bill reauthorizes USDA grants to support competitive specialized research and extension activities, including high-priority areas, through FY2030. The bill also specifically reauthorizes through FY2030

• the Pulse Crop Health Initiative;
• the Comprehensive Food Safety Training Network;
• pollinator protection research and extension grants;
• increased USDA capacity and infrastructure to address and conduct research on colony collapse disorder and other pollinator issues; and
• a USDA-conducted nationwide honey bee pest, pathogen, health, and population status surveillance program.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4708 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4708

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
  include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-
  priority research and extension initiative, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2025

Mr. Morelle (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. 
     Langworthy, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. McBride, Ms. 
 Malliotakis, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Valadao, 
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
      Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Meng, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lee of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Meuser, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
  Deluzio, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Costa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
  include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-
  priority research and extension initiative, 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 ``Spotted Lanternfly Research and 
Development Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUDING SPOTTED LANTERNFLY CONTROL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
              AS HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVE.

    Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(21) Spotted lanternfly control.--Research and extension 
        grants may be made under this section for the purposes of 
        developing and disseminating research-based tools and 
        treatments to combat the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma 
        delicatula).''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION 
              INITIATIVES.

    Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended in each of subsections (e)(5), 
(f)(5), (g)(1)(B), (g)(2)(B), (g)(3), and (h) by striking ``2023'' and 
inserting ``2030''.
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