,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjbe,mr4  
,tony ,gonzales of ,texas 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,gooden1 ,mr4 ,fallon1 ,mr4        
,pfluger1 ,mr4 ,ellzey1 ,ms4 ,de ,la    
,cruz1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,mr4 ,jackson of  
,texas1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4     
,goldman of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4  
,sessions1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,babin1  
,mr4 ,carter of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,garcia of 
,texas1 ,mr4 ,self1 ,mr4 ,nehls1 ,mr4   
,williams of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4  
,luttrell1 ,mr4 ,vasquez1 ,mrs4         
,cammack1 ,mr4 ,scott ,franklin of      
,florida1 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,ms4 ,davids of  
,kansas1 ,mr4 ,schmidt1 ,mr4 ,valadao1  
,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mrs4 ,fischbach1 ,mr4     
,owens1 and ,mr4 ,hunt7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,agriculture to establish a ,new ,world 
screwworm fly rearing facility1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 

,act may be cited as the ,strengthening 
,tactics to ,obstruct the ,population of
 ,screwworms ,act or the ,,stop         
,screwworms ,act4  #b4 ,new ,world      
screwworm fly rearing facility ,the     
,animal ,health ,protection ,act 7#g    
,u4,s4,c4 #hcja et seq47 is amended by  
inserting after section #ajdji;,a 7#g   
,u4,s4,c4 #hcjh;a7 the following3       
#ajdji;,b4 ,new ,world screwworm fly    
rearing facility  7a7 ,in general ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary shall begin construction on  
#a or more modular ,new ,world screwworm
 fly rearing facilities in eligible     
areas described in subsection 7b74 ,such
 a facility shall1 in addition to       
providing for the rearing of sterile    
,new ,world screwworm flies1 provide for
 the dispersal of such flies to areas at
 risk of ,new ,world screwworm fly      
infestation4  7b7 ,eligible area        
described ,an eligible area described in
 this subsection is an area of a ,state 

that the ,secretary determines to be--  
7#a7 at risk of ,new ,world screwworm   
fly infestation due to the migratory    
pattern of confirmed detections of ,new 
,world screwworm flies2 and  7#b7       
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 infestation4  7c7 ,report 
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this section1 and       
annually thereafter1 the ,secretary     
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,agriculture of the ,house of           
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate1 and make publicly       
available on the website of the         
,department of ,agriculture1 a report   
that includes-- 7#a7 an analysis of the 
current threat posed to agriculture in  
the ,united ,states by ,new ,world      
screwworm flies2 and  7#b7 a description

 of-- 7,a7 the efforts being taken by   
the ,secretary to combat ,new ,world    
screwworm fly migration1 including      
construction and operation of the       
facilities described in subsection 7a72 
and  7,b7 the effectiveness of such     
efforts4  7d7 ,authorization of         
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to the ,secretary to    
carry out this section #cjj1jjj1jjj1 to 
remain available until expended4  4