Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop the Screwworms With Active Readiness and Mitigation Act of 2025” or the “Stop the SWARM Act of 2025”.
Stop the Screwworms With Active Readiness and Mitigation Act of 2025
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report on New World screwworm readiness and response.
Sec. 2 Report on New World screwworm readiness and response
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on the New World Screwworm domestic readiness and response initiative of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, with a particular focus on—
domestic readiness, including the construction of a domestic production facility in the event of a threat of a domestic outbreak; and
exploring partnerships with States and industry with respect to that construction and other domestic preparedness efforts;
sterile fly production technology and other eradication tools and technologies; and
the benefits of and barriers, including timelines and costs, to enhanced domestic, as compared to international, sterile fly production.