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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2227
5	5	To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide emergency relief to pro-
6	6	ducers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves,
7	7	and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH18, 2025
10	10	Mr. S
11	11	TANTON(for himself, Mr. VASQUEZ, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr.
12	12	P
13	13	FLUGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
14	14	mittee on Agriculture
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide emergency
17	17	relief to producers of livestock with herds adversely af-
18	18	fected by Mexican gray wolves, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘WOlf and Livestock 4
23	23	Fairness Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘WOLF Act of 2025’’. 5
24	24	SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENT RATES. 6
25	25	Section 1501(b)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 7
26	26	(7 U.S.C. 9081(b)(2)) is amended— 8
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30	30	(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 1
31	31	(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indent-2
32	32	ing appropriately; 3
33	33	(2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so re-4
34	34	designated), by striking ‘‘Indemnity payments’’ and 5
35	35	inserting the following: 6
36	36	‘‘(A) I
37	37	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 7
38	38	subparagraph (B), indemnity payments’’; and 8
39	39	(3) by adding at the end the following: 9
40	40	‘‘(B) A
41	41	TTACKS BY MEXICAN GRAY 10
42	42	WOLVES.—In the case of attacks on livestock by 11
43	43	Mexican gray wolves, indemnity payments to an 12
44	44	eligible producer on a farm under paragraph 13
45	45	(1) shall be made at a rate of 100 percent of 14
46	46	the market value of the affected livestock, as 15
47	47	determined by the Secretary, on the applicable 16
48	48	date described in clause (i) or (ii) of subpara-17
49	49	graph (A).’’. 18
50	50	SEC. 3. EMERGENCY RELIEF TO MITIGATE EFFECT OF 19
51	51	MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES. 20
52	52	Section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 21
53	53	U.S.C. 9081(d)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-22
54	54	lowing: 23
55	55	‘‘(5) E
56	56	MERGENCY RELIEF TO MITIGATE EFFECT 24
57	57	OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES .— 25
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61	61	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, the 1
62	62	Secretary shall use funds made available under 2
63	63	paragraph (1) to provide emergency relief to 3
64	64	producers of livestock with herds adversely af-4
65	65	fected by Mexican gray wolves, as determined 5
66	66	by the Secretary. 6
67	67	‘‘(B) F
68	68	ORMULA.—Not later than 180 days 7
69	69	after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 8
70	70	the Secretary shall develop a formula to deter-9
71	71	mine the amount of emergency relief to provide 10
72	72	to a producer of livestock under subparagraph 11
73	73	(A), which shall take into consideration the fol-12
74	74	lowing factors: 13
75	75	‘‘(i) The herd size of the producer. 14
76	76	‘‘(ii) The average annual number of 15
77	77	confirmed depredations by Mexican gray 16
78	78	wolves per producer in the State in which 17
79	79	the producer is located. 18
80	80	‘‘(iii) The average annual increase in 19
81	81	management costs for producers due to 20
82	82	Mexican gray wolves during the preceding 21
83	83	5 years in the State in which the producer 22
84	84	is located. 23
85	85	‘‘(iv) The average annual decrease in 24
86	86	birth rates of herds of producers due to 25
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90	90	Mexican gray wolves during the preceding 1
91	91	5 years in the State in which the producer 2
92	92	is located. 3
93	93	‘‘(v) The depredation prevention prac-4
94	94	tices carried out by the producer, if any, as 5
95	95	reported through the wolf compensation 6
96	96	and prevention program established by sec-7
97	97	tion 6202 of the Omnibus Public Land 8
98	98	Management Act of 2009 (7 U.S.C. 8351 9
99	99	note; Public Law 111–11). 10
100	100	‘‘(C) C
101	101	ONSULTATION.—In carrying out 11
102	102	this paragraph, the Secretary shall consult with, 12
103	103	and request information from, as necessary, the 13
104	104	Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, the 14
105	105	Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 15
106	106	Inspection Service, and the Director of the 16
107	107	United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 17
108	108	‘‘(D) A
109	109	NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 18
110	110	year after the date on which emergency relief is 19
111	111	first provided under this paragraph, and annu-20
112	112	ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 21
113	113	the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 22
114	114	Representatives and the Committee on Agri-23
115	115	culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 24
116	116	a report on activities carried out under this 25
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120	120	paragraph, which shall include an identification 1
121	121	of the following: 2
122	122	‘‘(i) The amount of emergency relief 3
123	123	distributed to producers under this para-4
124	124	graph. 5
125	125	‘‘(ii) The number of producers receiv-6
126	126	ing emergency relief under this para-7
127	127	graph.’’. 8
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