H.R. 4708

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4708 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4708

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-
priority research and extension initiative, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 23, 2025

Mr. Morelle (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. 
Langworthy, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. McBride, Ms. 
Malliotakis, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Valadao, 
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Meng, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lee of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Meuser, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
Deluzio, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Costa) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Agriculture

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A BILL

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-
priority research and extension initiative, 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 ``Spotted Lanternfly Research and 
Development Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUDING SPOTTED LANTERNFLY CONTROL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
AS HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVE.

Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``(21) Spotted lanternfly control.--Research and extension 
grants may be made under this section for the purposes of 
developing and disseminating research-based tools and 
treatments to combat the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma 
delicatula).''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION 
INITIATIVES.

Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended in each of subsections (e)(5), 
(f)(5), (g)(1)(B), (g)(2)(B), (g)(3), and (h) by striking ``2023'' and 
inserting ``2030''.
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