HR 2462 ยท Black Vulture Relief Act
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286.
- Introduced
- Mar 27, 2025
- Latest action
- Oct 3, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. John W. Rose [R-TN-6]
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Cosponsors
- 26
Summary
Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025 This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against black vultures to protect livestock. (Black vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.) Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, or disperse, or transport the carcass of) a black vulture that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the black vulture, cause injury to the bird. However, they may not take or attempt to take a black vulture through the use of poison. Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on black vultures taken under this bill. The FWS must develop a reporting form and make this reporting form available on its website. Currently, the FWS has a permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of black vultures.
Recent actions
- Oct 3, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286.
- Oct 3, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-334.
- Oct 3, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-334.
- Jul 15, 2025 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
- Jul 15, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.