WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., introduced the "Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act" on April 16, 2024. The text of the bill was released on May 17. H.R. 8024. A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize assistance for emergency measures in response to pine beetle outbreaks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., Michael Guest, R-Miss., and Mike Ezell, R-Miss. * * * SECTION 1.  more