[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2543 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2543

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on New World 
                   screwworm readiness and response.


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                   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

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                                 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. SHORT TITLE.

    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. REPORT ON NEW WORLD SCREWWORM READINESS AND RESPONSE.

    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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