New World Screwworm Preparedness Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 2, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 6, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 6, 2025 to Nov 4, 2025; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Brandon Gill | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Jun 6, 2025 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Nov 4, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jun 6, 2025 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Dec 2, 2025 | |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Dec 2, 2025 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Dec 2, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Jun 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 97, June 6, 2025, page H2534.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-7 | HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING TESTIMONY FROM THE HONORABLE BROOKE L. ROLLINS, SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE220 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jun 11, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report on strategies to combat the New World screwworm and enhance the United States' preparedness and response capabilities against potential outbreaks.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- New World Screwworm Preparedness Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 6, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
