SWAT Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9976 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9976

To amend the Plant Protection Act to establish a fund for spotted wing
                  drosophila research and mitigation.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2026

  Mr. Valadao (for himself and Ms. Salinas) introduced the following
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Plant Protection Act to establish a fund for spotted wing
                  drosophila research and mitigation.

    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 Wing Abatement Trust Act of
2026'' or the ``SWAT Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the spotted wing drosophila, an invasive species from
        East Asia, has caused significant damage to many valuable fruit
        crops in the United States, including raspberries,
        blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, and
        cherries; and
            (2) the Department of Agriculture estimates that spotted
        wing drosophila account for a combined 20 percent revenue loss
        across strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, and cherry
        crops, based on reported yield losses due to that species.

SEC. 3. SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA RESEARCH AND MITIGATION.

    Subtitle A of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7711 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 420A. SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA RESEARCH AND MITIGATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (referred to in this section as the `Administrator')
shall establish a fund within the Department of Agriculture to fund
research relating to, and activities to mitigate the negative effects
of, spotted wing drosophila.
    ``(b) Administration of Fund.--The Administrator shall--
            ``(1) determine eligible recipients to enter into
        cooperative agreements with, or award grants to, using amounts
        in the fund established under subsection (a); and
            ``(2) oversee the activities carried out using amounts in
        that fund.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for the fund established under subsection (a) $6,500,000
for the fiscal year in which the Spotted Wing Abatement Trust Act of
2026 is enacted and each of the 4 fiscal years thereafter.''.
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