If You See It, Squish It Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
Introduced
Summary
Would create a national campaign that urges people to find and kill spotted lanternflies. It would require the Secretary of Agriculture to run public service announcements on television, radio, and billboards in areas with high spotted lanternfly incidence and allows use of other outreach tools as appropriate.
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Ads urge residents to squash lanternflies
This bill would require the Agriculture Secretary to run a national awareness campaign about the spotted lanternfly. Ads would run on TV, radio, and billboards in areas with many of the bugs. The ads would say the insect is invasive and harms local farms. They would urge people to kill lanternflies they see. The Secretary could use other tools to share this message. The campaign would start once enacted.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]
MI • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Mannion
NY • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]
PA • R
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 11/12/2025
Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
VA • D
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
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