2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB4708: Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act
Legislative Summary
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include spotted lanternfly control research and development as high-priority research and extension initiative, and for other purposes.
Bill History
7/23/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
7/23/2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(7/23/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Agriculture(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 23
Republican: 12
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Morelle
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (34)
Mike Kelly
Republican
Chrissy Houlahan
Democrat
Nicholas Langworthy
Republican
Pat Ryan
Democrat
Claudia Tenney
Republican
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Sarah McBride
Democrat
Nicole Malliotakis
Republican
Robert Bresnahan
Republican
Mike Thompson
Democrat
David Valadao
Republican
Brian Fitzpatrick
Republican
Christopher Smith
Republican
Madeleine Dean
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Summer Lee
Democrat
Michael Lawler
Republican
Dan Meuser
Republican
Rebecca Sherrill
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Christopher Deluzio
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Democrat
Stephen Lynch
Democrat
Jim Costa
Democrat
Debbie Dingell
Democrat
Nick LaLota
Republican
Andre Carson
Democrat
Elise Stefanik
Republican
Josh Gottheimer
Democrat
Shri Thanedar
Democrat
Suhas Subramanyam
Democrat