Will support measures to combat the spread of the spotted lanternfly threatening Northeast crops.

Josh Riley · New York · Democratic

policy impact 0.31 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 94%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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Congress.gov lists H.R.5614 as a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an awareness campaign with respect to spotted lanternflies, referred to House Agriculture, with Rep. Josh Riley [D-NY-19] added as a cosponsor on 2025-09-30.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Riley formally cosponsored a federal spotted-lanternfly awareness bill in his first House term, a concrete act of support for measures combating spread of the pest.

delivered same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.5614 - If You See It, Squish It Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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GovInfo’s engrossed House text of H.R.7567 includes Sec. 12411, Spotted lanternfly awareness campaign, requiring USDA to carry out a national campaign to increase public awareness and knowledge of spotted lanternflies. It also includes invasive species research grants for science-based tools and treatments to manage or eradicate species such as the spotted lanternfly.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A House-engrossed farm bill contained spotted-lanternfly awareness and research/control provisions, showing the relevant policy measure advanced beyond introduction during Riley’s term.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 7567 (EH) - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The promise was to support measures combating spotted lanternfly spread, not necessarily to single-handedly enact a final law. During his House term, Josh Riley cosponsored H.R.5614, a federal spotted-lanternfly awareness bill, and related spotted-lanternfly awareness and research/control language advanced in House-engrossed farm bill text. That is a concrete same-term act of support for the promised policy area.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%