S 574 · Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Introduced
- Feb 13, 2025
- Latest action
- Feb 13, 2025
- Sponsor
- Sen. Roger F. Wicker [R-MS]
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Cosponsors
- 16
Summary
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.
Recent actions
- Feb 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Feb 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.