STOP Screwworms Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3392 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3392 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a New World screwworm fly rearing facility, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2025 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Sessions, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Babin, Mr. Carter of Texas, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Self, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Moran, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Vasquez, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Lucas, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Hunt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ 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 re