Extends permission for agricultural research and adds focus on fighting spotted lanternflies.
This bill would make fighting the invasive spotted lanternfly a top research goal, allowing grants to find new ways to control this pest. It also extends the permission for other important agricultural research programs to continue until 2030. This benefits farmers, researchers, and the public.
Today, fighting the spotted lanternfly is not a specific high-priority research area, and permission for many agricultural research programs ends in 2023. If this bill passes, fighting the spotted lanternfly would become a high-priority research area, making it easier for researchers to get grants for new tools and treatments. Also, the permission for other important agricultural research programs would continue until 2030.
HR 4708 · 119th Congress · July 23, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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