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Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would amend the Animal Health Protection Act to require the Department of Agriculture to compensate poultry farmers whose operations are prohibited within disease control areas. Compensation would be calculated based on the average income from the farmer's five most recent flocks, multiplied by the number of flocks they were unable to produce during the control period. Payments must be issued within 60 days of request, though they would be offset by any compensation from other sources. Farmers cannot receive payment under this provision if they already received compensation for destroyed animals in the same facility during the same period.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
14 cosponsors
- Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4] (R-MO)
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA)
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] (R-AR)
- Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jim Costa’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $25,300
- CALIFORNIA STRATEGIES $13,900
- FORHAN COMPANY $13,200
- SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE $11,300
- CDM $7,300
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jim Costa → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Mar 20, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. · house
- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Feb 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2025
Mr. Costa (for himself, Mr. Alford, Mr. Riley of New York, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Finstad, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Feenstra, and Mr. Womack) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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) Definitions.—In this subsection:
“(A) Control area.—The term ‘control area’ means a Control Area determined by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
“(B) Poultry.—The term ‘poultry’ means domesticated fowl that are bred for the primary purpose of producing eggs or meat, including, when so bred, chickens, turkeys, ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, waterfowl, and game birds, but not including doves and pigeons.
“(2) Compensation.—
“(A) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph
(3), the Secretary shall compensate the owner of a poultry growing or laying facility for flocks of birds that the owner of such facility was prohibited from growing or laying due to the location of the facility 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.
“(iii) Reviewability.—The determination by the Secretary of the amount to be paid under this subsection shall be final and not subject to judicial review or review by any officer or employee of the Federal Government other than the Secretary or the designee of the Secretary.
“(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.”. <all>
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