Introduced:
Apr 10, 2025
Policy Area:
Agriculture and Food
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Latest Action
Apr 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2025
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<p><strong>Supporting Avian Virus Eradication Act or the SAVE Our Poultry Act</strong></p><p>This bill includes research on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) as a Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension area.</p><p>Under the bill, USDA may award grants to land-grant colleges and universities to study HPAI for the purposes of (1) developing and improving the efficacy of vaccines for poultry, and (2) enhancing biosecurity procedures for poultry producers.</p>
Actions (3)
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
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Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Apr 10, 2025
Subjects (1)
Agriculture and Food
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (4)
(D-CA)
May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025
(R-PA)
Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025
(D-NY)
Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025
(R-NY)
Apr 10, 2025
Apr 10, 2025
Full Bill Text
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Apr 10, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 12, 2025 6:19 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2868 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2868
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to
add highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and
extension area.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2025
Ms. McBride (for herself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to
add highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and
extension area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2868 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2868
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to
add highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and
extension area.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2025
Ms. McBride (for herself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to
add highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and
extension area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Avian Virus Eradication
Act'' or the ``SAVE Our Poultry Act''.
SEC. 2.
PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION AREA.
Section 1672
(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990 (7 U.
(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925
(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``
(21) Highly pathogenic avian influenza.--Research and
extension grants may be made under this section to land-grant
colleges and universities (as defined in
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925
(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``
(21) Highly pathogenic avian influenza.--Research and
extension grants may be made under this section to land-grant
colleges and universities (as defined in
section 1404 of
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977 (7 U.
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) to study highly pathogenic avian
influenza for the purposes of--
``
(A) developing and improving the efficacy of
vaccines for poultry, including with respect to--
``
(i) researching the effectiveness of such
vaccines across poultry species;
``
(ii) improving formulations of such
vaccines;
``
(iii) improving the delivery mechanisms
for such vaccines; and
``
(iv) assessing the potential implications
of vaccination on domestic and international
poultry markets, including trade and market
access considerations; and
``
(B) enhancing biosecurity procedures for poultry
producers, including with respect to--
``
(i) evaluating training and biosecurity
practices;
``
(ii) improving farm-level interventions;
and
``
(iii) developing new disinfection
methods.''.
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Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) to study highly pathogenic avian
influenza for the purposes of--
``
(A) developing and improving the efficacy of
vaccines for poultry, including with respect to--
``
(i) researching the effectiveness of such
vaccines across poultry species;
``
(ii) improving formulations of such
vaccines;
``
(iii) improving the delivery mechanisms
for such vaccines; and
``
(iv) assessing the potential implications
of vaccination on domestic and international
poultry markets, including trade and market
access considerations; and
``
(B) enhancing biosecurity procedures for poultry
producers, including with respect to--
``
(i) evaluating training and biosecurity
practices;
``
(ii) improving farm-level interventions;
and
``
(iii) developing new disinfection
methods.''.
<all>