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To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of the spread of animal diseases, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Animal Health Protection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to negotiate agreements with other countries to reduce the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States livestock and animal product exports. The Secretary, working through relevant agriculture agencies and in consultation with the U.S. Trade Representative, may negotiate arrangements such as regionalization and zoning agreements based on current scientific research. The bill clarifies that it does not require trade agreements to include provisions related to animal disease outbreaks nor limit the Trade Representative's authority to negotiate independently.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS)
3 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Apr 28, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Apr 28, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 28, 2025
Mr. Wicker (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of the spread of animal diseases, 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 “Safe American Food Exports Act of 2025” or the “SAFE Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT WITH EXPORT MARKETS.
(a) In General.—Section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8304) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
“(d) Engagement With Export Markets.—
“(1) In general.—To reduce the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, may negotiate regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with the governments of countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States.
“(2) Research.—A negotiation carried out under paragraph
(1) should take into account accepted global research advances.”.
(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section—
(1) limits the ability of the United States Trade Representative to negotiate trade agreements; or
(2) requires the United States Trade Representative to condition other trade agreements on the inclusion of language relating to reducing the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, as described in subsection (d)(1) of section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8304). <all>
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