119-hr5614

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5614 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5614

 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an awareness 
 campaign with respect to spotted lanternflies.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 26, 2025

Mr. Vindman (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lawler, Ms. 
 McDonald Rivet, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Mannion) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an awareness 
 campaign with respect to spotted lanternflies.

 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 ``If You See It, Squish It Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. SPOTTED LANTERNFLY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (in this section 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall carry out a national campaign 
to increase the awareness and knowledge of the public with respect to 
spotted lanternflies.

    (b) Required Activities.--In carrying out the national campaign 
under this section, the Secretary shall--

    (1) place public service announcements on television, 
 radio, and billboards in areas of high incidence of spotted 
 lanternflies that--
        (A) inform individuals of the fact that spotted 
 lanternflies are an invasive pest that threaten local 
 agriculture; and
        (B) encourage individuals to kill any spotted 
 lanternflies that such individuals encounter; and

    (2) use such other awareness tools as the Secretary 
 determines appropriate to provide the information described in 
 paragraph

    (1) .
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