S.Amdt. 2679

SA 2679. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ERADICATION OF NEW WORLD SCREWWORM.

There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2029, for the National Animal Disease
Preparedness and Response Program established under section
10409A of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8308a)
to support the eradication of the New World Screwworm through
surveillance, training, biosecurity, research, and the
construction of 1 or more facilities for the rearing or
dispersal of sterilized New World Screwworm flies.
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