119-s574

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 574 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 574

 To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for 
 poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 13, 2025

 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
 Ossoff, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Blunt Rochester, 
 and Mr. Padilla) 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 provide compensation for 
 poultry growers and layers in control areas, 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 ``Healthy Poultry Assistance and 
Indemnification Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR POULTRY GROWERS AND LAYERS IN CONTROL AREAS.

 

Section 10407 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8306) 
is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) , in the subsection heading, by 
 inserting ``for Destroyed Animals'' after ``Compensation''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (e) Compensation for Poultry Growers and Layers in Control 
Areas.--
 ``

    (1) Definition of control area.--In this subsection, the 
 term `control area' means a Control Area determined by the 
 Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
 Service.
 ``

    (2) Compensation.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph

    (3) , the Secretary shall compensate the owner of a 
 poultry growing or laying facility that is located 
 within a control area.
 ``
        (B) Amount.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--Compensation paid under 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall be in an amount that is 
 equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
 ``
            (I) the average income from the 5 
 most recent flocks of birds that the 
 poultry growing or laying facility grew 
 or laid; and
 ``
            (II) the number of flocks of 
 birds that the owner of the poultry 
 growing or laying facility was 
 prohibited from growing or laying 
 during the period of time in which the 
 control area was in effect.
 ``
            (ii) Limitation.--Compensation paid any 
 owner of a poultry growing or laying facility 
 under this subsection shall not exceed the 
 difference between--
 ``
            (I) the amount described in 
 clause
            (i) ; and
 ``
            (II) any compensation received by 
 the owner from a State or other source 
 for the 1 or more flocks of birds that 
 the owner was prohibited from growing 
 or laying.
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            (C) Timing.--Compensation shall be paid under 
 subparagraph
        (A) not later than 60 days after the date 
 on which the owner of a poultry growing or laying 
 facility submits a request to the Secretary for 
 compensation.
 ``

    (3) Exceptions.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The exceptions described in 
 subsection
            (d) (3) shall apply to this subsection.
 ``
        (B) Compensation for destroyed animals.--No 
 payment shall be made by the Secretary under this 
 subsection to an owner of a poultry growing or laying 
 facility who has received compensation under subsection
            (d) for a facility in the same control area during the 
 same period of time.''.
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