TexasTexas lawmakers urge faster federal action against screwworm
Texas lawmakers urge federal agencies to work with Mexico, speed a planned Texas control facility, and quickly review medicines and pesticides for screwworm infection.
What it does
Texas lawmakers urge federal officials to act quickly against screwworm spread into Texas, including working with Mexico on a control plan using existing resources.
Texas lawmakers urge federal officials to speed work on a planned screwworm control facility in Texas and make room there for research with Texas A&M AgriLife.
Texas lawmakers urge federal regulators to approve medicines and pesticides for screwworm infection quickly; the resolution does not itself approve any product.
Argument forFederal coordination, research space, and faster approvals could help ranchers and animal health workers respond if screwworm reaches Texas.
Argument againstFederal agencies might have to shift attention or resources to these requests, while the resolution does not guarantee that they will act.
More detail
Texas lawmakers urge the federal government to act quickly to limit screwworm spread into Texas and work with Mexico on a control plan. The request concerns the spread of New World screwworm into Texas. The resolution asks for immediate action; it does not set a deadline for the federal government to respond.
Texas lawmakers urge Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to speed construction of the planned control facility at Moore Air Force Base and urge USDA to make room there for research with Texas A&M AgriLife. The requests concern the planned screwworm control facility at Moore Air Force Base in Texas and research space for Texas A&M AgriLife. The resolution does not set a deadline for construction or research space.
Texas lawmakers urge the Food and Drug Administration to approve screwworm medicines quickly and the Environmental Protection Agency to approve pesticides quickly. The requests concern medicines to treat screwworm infection and pesticides to prevent or treat it. The resolution asks for expedited approvals but gives no approval deadline.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Sep 17Signed by the Governor Greg AbbottBecame Law
- Sep 4Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Sep 3Signed in the SenateMajor
- Sep 3Signed in the HouseMajor
- Sep 3Reported enrolledMinor
- Sep 2Senate passage reportedMajor
- Vote recorded passage. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 2Record vote
- Sep 2AdoptedPassed 2nd Chamber
- Sep 2Read
- Sep 2Laid before the SenateMinor
- Sep 2Rules suspended
- Sep 2Received from the HouseMinor
- Sep 2Co-sponsor authorized
- Aug 29Reported engrossed
- Aug 28Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Vote recorded passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28Record vote
- Aug 28AdoptedPassed 1st Chamber
- Aug 28Laid before the HouseMinor
- Aug 28Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- Aug 27Considered in Calendars
- Aug 27Committee report sent to Calendars
- Aug 26Committee report distributed
- Aug 26Comte report filed with Committee CoordinatorMinor
- Aug 25Reported favorably as substitutedMinor
- Aug 25Committee substitute considered in committeeMajor
- Aug 25Considered in formal meeting
- Aug 25Referred to Agriculture & LivestockMinor
- Aug 22FiledIntroduced
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