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STOP Screwworms Act

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

Introduced May 14, 2025

Latest action (May 14, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Referred to
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to begin construction on modular New World screwworm fly rearing facilities in eligible areas within 180 days of enactment.
  • Requires these facilities to rear sterile New World screwworm flies and disperse them to areas at risk of screwworm fly infestation.
  • Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress starting one year after enactment describing the threat screwworms pose to U.S. agriculture and the effectiveness of efforts to combat screwworm migration, with reports made publicly available on the USDA website.
  • Authorizes $300 million in appropriations for construction and operation of the facilities.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. May 14, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
  2. May 14, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3392 — STOP Screwworms Act · Introduced May 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 89%
  • S 2543 — Stop the SWARM Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 3806 — New World Screwworm Preparedness Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 7466 — SAFE CATTLE Act · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 58%
  • HR 9377 — Protecting America’s Herds Act · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 58%
  • S 1972 — Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 54%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 14, 2025

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Heinrich, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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.”. <all>

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