119-hr2227

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2227 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2227

 To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide emergency relief to 
 producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray 
 wolves, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 18, 2025

Mr. Stanton (for himself, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Pfluger) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide emergency relief to 
 producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray 
 wolves, 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 ``WOlf and Livestock Fairness Act of 
2025'' or the ``WOLF Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENT RATES.

 

Section 1501

    (b)

    (2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9081

    (b)

    (2) ) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) as clauses
            (i) and
            (ii) , respectively, and indenting appropriately;

    (2) in the matter preceding clause
            (i) (as so 
 redesignated), by striking ``Indemnity payments'' and inserting 
 the following:
 ``
        (A) In general.--Except as provided in 
 subparagraph
        (B) , indemnity payments''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) Attacks by mexican gray wolves.--In the case 
 of attacks on livestock by Mexican gray wolves, 
 indemnity payments to an eligible producer on a farm 
 under paragraph

    (1) shall be made at a rate of 100 
 percent of the market value of the affected livestock, 
 as determined by the Secretary, on the applicable date 
 described in clause
            (i) or
            (ii) of subparagraph
        (A) .''.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY RELIEF TO MITIGATE EFFECT OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES.

 

Section 1501
            (d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081
            (d) ) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (5) Emergency relief to mitigate effect of mexican gray 
 wolves.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Each fiscal year, the Secretary 
 shall use funds made available under paragraph

    (1) to 
 provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with 
 herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves, as 
 determined by the Secretary.
 ``
        (B) Formula.--Not later than 180 days after the 
 date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 
 shall develop a formula to determine the amount of 
 emergency relief to provide to a producer of livestock 
 under subparagraph
        (A) , which shall take into 
 consideration the following factors:
 ``
            (i) The herd size of the producer.
 ``
            (ii) The average annual number of 
 confirmed depredations by Mexican gray wolves 
 per producer in the State in which the producer 
 is located.
 ``
            (iii) The average annual increase in 
 management costs for producers due to Mexican 
 gray wolves during the preceding 5 years in the 
 State in which the producer is located.
 ``
            (iv) The average annual decrease in birth 
 rates of herds of producers due to Mexican gray 
 wolves during the preceding 5 years in the 
 State in which the producer is located.
 ``
            (v) The depredation prevention practices 
 carried out by the producer, if any, as 
 reported through the wolf compensation and 
 prevention program established by 

section 6202 
 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
 2009 (7 U.S.C. 8351 note; Public Law 111-11).
 ``
            (C) Consultation.--In carrying out this 
 paragraph, the Secretary shall consult with, and 
 request information from, as necessary, the 
 Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, the 
 Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
 Service, and the Director of the United States Fish and 
 Wildlife Service.
 ``
            (D) Annual report.--Not later than 1 year after 
 the date on which emergency relief is first provided 
 under this paragraph, and annually thereafter, the 
 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture 
 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
 report on activities carried out under this paragraph, 
 which shall include an identification of the following:
 ``
            (i) The amount of emergency relief 
 distributed to producers under this paragraph.
 ``
            (ii) The number of producers receiving 
 emergency relief under this paragraph.''.
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