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Jul 30, 2025
Policy Area:
Agriculture and Food
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Jul 30, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Jul 30, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Jul 30, 2025
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Length: 1,943 characters
Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Jul 30, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 11, 2025 6:10 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2543 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2543
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on New World
screwworm readiness and response.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 30, 2025
Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on New World
screwworm readiness and response.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2543 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2543
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on New World
screwworm readiness and response.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 30, 2025
Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on New World
screwworm readiness and response.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the Screwworms With Active
Readiness and Mitigation Act of 2025'' or the ``Stop the SWARM Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on the New
World Screwworm domestic readiness and response initiative of the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, with a particular focus
on--
(1)
(A) domestic readiness, including the construction of a
domestic production facility in the event of a threat of a
domestic outbreak; and
(B) exploring partnerships with States and industry with
respect to that construction and other domestic preparedness
efforts;
(2) sterile fly production technology and other eradication
tools and technologies; and
(3) the benefits of and barriers, including timelines and
costs, to enhanced domestic, as compared to international,
sterile fly production.
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