119-s1501

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1501 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1501

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of 
 the spread of animal diseases, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 28, 2025

 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. Coons) 
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 improve the prevention of 
 the spread of animal diseases, 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 ``Safe American Food Exports Act of 
2025'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT WITH EXPORT MARKETS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act 
(7 U.S.C. 8304) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsection
            (d) as subsection

    (e) ; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection
            (c) the following:
 ``
            (d) Engagement With Export Markets.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--To reduce the impact of animal disease 
 outbreaks on United States exports, the Secretary, acting 
 through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
 Inspection Service, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
 Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and the Administrator 
 of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, in consultation with 
 the United States Trade Representative, may negotiate 
 regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other 
 agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats 
 of trade significance with the governments of countries with 
 export markets for livestock animals or animal products from 
 the United States.
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    (2) Research.--A negotiation carried out under paragraph

    (1) should take into account accepted global research 
 advances.''.

    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section--

    (1) limits the ability of the United States Trade 
 Representative to negotiate trade agreements; or

    (2) requires the United States Trade Representative to 
 condition other trade agreements on the inclusion of language 
 relating to reducing the impact of animal disease outbreaks on 
 United States exports, as described in subsection
            (d) (1) of 
 

section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
 8304).
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