119-s1781

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1781 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1781

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to establish additional payments 
 for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 15, 2025

 Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) 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 Agricultural Act of 2014 to establish additional payments 
 for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program.

 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 ``Livestock Indemnity Program 
Enhancement Act of 2025'' or the ``LIP Enhancement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR UNBORN LIVESTOCK.

 

Section 1501

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

    (b) ) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (5) Additional payment for unborn livestock.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--In the case of unborn livestock 
 death losses incurred on or after January 1, 2024, the 
 Secretary shall make an additional payment to eligible 
 producers on farms that have incurred such losses in 
 excess of the normal mortality due to a condition 
 specified in paragraph

    (1) .
 ``
        (B) Payment rate.--Additional payments under 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall be made at a rate--
 ``
            (i) determined by the Secretary; and
 ``
            (ii) less than or equal to 85 percent of 
 the payment rate established with respect to 
 the lowest weight class of the livestock, as 
 determined by the Secretary, acting through the 
 Administrator of the Farm Service Agency.
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            (C) Payment amount.--The amount of a payment to 
 an eligible producer that has incurred unborn livestock 
 death losses shall be equal to the payment rate 
 determined under subparagraph
        (B) multiplied, in the 
 case of livestock described in--
 ``
            (i) subparagraph
        (A) ,
        (B) , or
        (F) of 
 subsection

    (a)

    (4) , by 1;
 ``
            (ii) subparagraph
            (D) of such subsection, 
 by 2;
 ``
            (iii) subparagraph
        (E) of such 
 subsection, by 12; and
 ``
            (iv) subparagraph
        (G) of such subsection, 
 by the average number of birthed animals (for 
 one gestation cycle) for the species of each 
 such livestock, as determined by the Secretary.
 ``
            (D) Unborn livestock death losses defined.--In 
 this paragraph, the term `unborn livestock death 
 losses' means losses of any livestock described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) ,
        (B) ,
            (D) ,
        (E) ,
        (F) , or
        (G) of 
 subsection

    (a)

    (4) that was gestating on the date of the 
 death of the livestock.''.
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