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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 Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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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 FA-
CILITY. 
‘‘(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 pro-
viding 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 infes-
tation due to the migratory pattern of confirmed de-
tections 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. 
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‘‘(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 Sec-
retary to combat New World screwworm fly mi-
gration, 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.’’. 
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