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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 574
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for
poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY13, 2025
Mr. W
ICKER(for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.
O
SSOFF, Mr. RICKETTS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr.
V
ANHOLLEN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Ms.
B
LUNTROCHESTER, and Mr. PADILLA) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide com-
pensation for poultry growers and layers in control areas,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Poultry As-4
sistance and Indemnification Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR POULTRY GROWERS AND LAY-1
ERS IN CONTROL AREAS. 2
Section 10407 of the Animal Health Protection Act 3
(7 U.S.C. 8306) is amended— 4
(1) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading, 5
by inserting ‘‘
FORDESTROYEDANIMALS’’ after 6
‘‘C
OMPENSATION’’; and 7
(2) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(e) C
OMPENSATION FOR POULTRYGROWERS AND 9
L
AYERS INCONTROLAREAS.— 10
‘‘(1) D
EFINITION OF CONTROL AREA .—In this 11
subsection, the term ‘control area’ means a Control 12
Area determined by the Administrator of the Animal 13
and Plant Health Inspection Service. 14
‘‘(2) C
OMPENSATION.— 15
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 16
paragraph (3), the Secretary shall compensate 17
the owner of a poultry growing or laying facility 18
that is located within a control area. 19
‘‘(B) A
MOUNT.— 20
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL .—Compensation 21
paid under subparagraph (A) shall be in 22
an amount that is equal to the product ob-23
tained by multiplying— 24
‘‘(I) the average income from the 25
5 most recent flocks of birds that the 26
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poultry growing or laying facility grew 1
or laid; and 2
‘‘(II) the number of flocks of 3
birds that the owner of the poultry 4
growing or laying facility was prohib-5
ited from growing or laying during the 6
period of time in which the control 7
area was in effect. 8
‘‘(ii) L
IMITATION.—Compensation 9
paid any owner of a poultry growing or 10
laying facility under this subsection shall 11
not exceed the difference between— 12
‘‘(I) the amount described in 13
clause (i); and 14
‘‘(II) any compensation received 15
by the owner from a State or other 16
source for the 1 or more flocks of 17
birds that the owner was prohibited 18
from growing or laying. 19
‘‘(C) T
IMING.—Compensation shall be paid 20
under subparagraph (A) not later than 60 days 21
after the date on which the owner of a poultry 22
growing or laying facility submits a request to 23
the Secretary for compensation. 24
‘‘(3) E
XCEPTIONS.— 25
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The exceptions de-1
scribed in subsection (d)(3) shall apply to this 2
subsection. 3
‘‘(B) C
OMPENSATION FOR DESTROYED 4
ANIMALS.—No payment shall be made by the 5
Secretary under this subsection to an owner of 6
a poultry growing or laying facility who has re-7
ceived compensation under subsection (d) for a 8
facility in the same control area during the 9
same period of time.’’. 10
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