Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 322 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Plant Protection Act to establish a fund for spotted wing drosophila research and mitigation. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Findings

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Congress finds that— the spotted wing drosophila, an invasive species from East Asia, has caused significant damage to many valuable fruit crops in the United States, including raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, and cherries; and the Department of Agriculture estimates that spotted wing drosophila account for a combined 20 percent revenue loss across strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, and cherry crops, based on reported yield losses due to that species.