YourVoice.Now Summary
Corporate BenefitsTransparency & AccountabilityA new federal fund — $6.5 million a year for five years — would target an invasive pest hurting fruit crops.
Corporate Benefits
The new fund would pay for research on the spotted wing drosophila. It would also pay for work to limit the damage it does. The bill cites a USDA estimate that this pest costs berry and cherry growers about a fifth of their sales.
Transparency & Accountability
The bill sets the $6.5 million ceiling for the year it becomes law and the four years after. Congress would still have to approve the actual spending, and would need a new law to keep paying for the fund after that.
More about this bill
Most people would notice no change in daily life. The bill sets up a government fund aimed at a single crop pest. The spotted wing drosophila is an invasive pest from East Asia that damages fruit crops. The bill cites a USDA estimate of a combined 20 percent revenue loss across strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, and cherry crops. The fund would be run by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the USDA agency that fights crop pests. It would decide who gets the money. It would also oversee how that money is spent. The bill allows $6.5 million a year for five years, starting the year it becomes law. Fruit growers and farm researchers are the people who would feel it.
Congressional Summary
Spotted Wing Abatement Trust Act of 2026 or the SWAT Act of 2026This bill directs the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to establish a fund for research relating to, and activities to mitigate the negative effects of, spotted wing drosophila. Spotted wing drosophila is an invasive species of insect from East Asia that has caused significant damage to unripe berry and stone fruit crops in the United States, including raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, and cherries.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-07-27
- Date Added
- 2026-08-18
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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