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- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-Delaware]
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-Pennsylvania]
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-South Carolina]
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-Georgia]
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-Nebraska]
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-Minnesota]
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-North Carolina]
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-Alabama]
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-Maryland]
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-Arkansas]
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-Texas]
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-Mississippi]
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-Delaware]
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-California]
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-North Carolina]
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-Maryland]
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-Pennsylvania]
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This bill would create a new payment program for poultry growers and egg-laying operations that are placed inside a government disease control area. If a farm is told it cannot raise or lay birds during that period, the Agriculture Department would have to compensate the owner for the income lost. The goal is to help farms that are forced to stop production because of animal health rules, while avoiding duplicate payments if they already received money from another source.
- Applies to poultry growing or laying facilities located in a control area set by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
- Payment would be based on the farm’s average income from its five most recent flocks, multiplied by the number of flocks it was not allowed to produce during the control period.
- Any money the owner already received from a state or another source for the same lost flocks would reduce the federal payment.
- The Agriculture Department would have to pay the compensation within 60 days after the owner submits a request, and no double payment would be allowed for farms already compensated for destroyed animals in the same area and time period.
Official Summaries
Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
This bill expands the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) producer indemnity and compensation program to include compensation for all poultry growers and layers located in an APHIS-determined control area, which may include non-infected poultry.
Currently, APHIS provides indemnity and compensation to producers to remove animals classified as affected, suspect, or exposed to diseases of concern, including highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). An APHIS-determined control area consists of both an infected zone and a buffer zone. Under the bill, APHIS must compensate all owners of poultry growing or laying facilities within a control area, which may include facilities that are located in the buffer zones and have non-infected poultry.
Further, the bill establishes a new compensation payment formula that requires payments to be based on the owner’s average income from the five most recent flocks.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 574 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 574
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for
poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Graham, Mr.
Ossoff, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van
Hollen, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Blunt Rochester,
and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for
poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Poultry Assistance and
Indemnification Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR POULTRY GROWERS AND LAYERS IN CONTROL AREAS.
Section 10407 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8306)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading, by
inserting ``for Destroyed Animals'' after ``Compensation''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Compensation for Poultry Growers and Layers in Control
Areas.--
``(1) Definition of control area.--In this subsection, the
term `control area' means a Control Area determined by the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service.
``(2) Compensation.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph
(3), the Secretary shall compensate the owner of a
poultry growing or laying facility that is located
within a control area.
``(B) Amount.--
``(i) In general.--Compensation paid under
subparagraph (A) shall be in an amount that is
equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
``(I) the average income from the 5
most recent flocks of birds that the
poultry growing or laying facility grew
or laid; and
``(II) the number of flocks of
birds that the owner of the poultry
growing or laying facility was
prohibited from growing or laying
during the period of time in which the
control area was in effect.
``(ii) Limitation.--Compensation paid any
owner of a poultry growing or laying facility
under this subsection shall not exceed the
difference between--
``(I) the amount described in
clause (i); and
``(II) any compensation received by
the owner from a State or other source
for the 1 or more flocks of birds that
the owner was prohibited from growing
or laying.
``(C) Timing.--Compensation shall be paid under
subparagraph (A) not later than 60 days after the date
on which the owner of a poultry growing or laying
facility submits a request to the Secretary for
compensation.
``(3) Exceptions.--
``(A) In general.--The exceptions described in
subsection (d)(3) shall apply to this subsection.
``(B) Compensation for destroyed animals.--No
payment shall be made by the Secretary under this
subsection to an owner of a poultry growing or laying
facility who has received compensation under subsection
(d) for a facility in the same control area during the
same period of time.''.
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