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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3867
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2023
Mr. MORELLE (for himself, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. KELLY
of Pennsylvania, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr.
MEUSER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RYAN, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. TENNEY, Mr.
THOMPSON of California, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CARSON, Ms. WILD, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. NICKEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr.
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr.
LAWLER, Mr. COSTA, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, and Mr. EVANS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spotted Lanternfly Re-
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search and Development Act’’.
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SEC. 2. INCLUDING SPOTTED LANTERNFLY CONTROL RE-
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SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AS HIGH-PRI-
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ORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIA-
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TIVE.
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Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
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tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amend-
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ed by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(21) SPOTTED
LANTERNFLY
CONTROL.—Re-
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search and extension grants may be made under this
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section for the purposes of developing and dissemi-
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nating research-based tools and treatments to com-
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bat the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula).’’.
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SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH
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AND EXTENSION INITIATIVES.
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Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
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and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended in
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each of subsections (e)(5), (f)(5), (g)(1)(B), (g)(2)(B),
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(g)(3), and (h) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’.
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