S 574 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Roger F. Wicker R-MS

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025

This bill expands the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) producer indemnity and compensation program to include compensation for all poultry growers and layers located in an APHIS-determined control area, which may include non-infected poultry.

Currently, APHIS provides indemnity and compensation to producers to remove animals classified as affected, suspect, or exposed to diseases of concern, including highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). An APHIS-determined control area consists of both an infected zone and a buffer zone. Under the bill, APHIS must compensate all owners of poultry growing or laying facilities within a control area, which may include facilities that are located in the buffer zones and have non-infected poultry.

Further, the bill establishes a new compensation payment formula that requires payments to be based on the owner’s average income from the five most recent flocks.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2025 to Jun 17, 2026, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-GAJon OssoffOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-NEPete RickettsOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-NCThom TillisOriginalFeb 13, 2025
D-MNTina SmithOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-ALTommy TubervilleOriginalFeb 13, 2025
R-NCTed BuddMar 13, 2025
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1376Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025Related billMar 20, 2025

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

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  1. Feb 13, 2025Introduced in Senate

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