Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act of 2025 or the LIP Enhancement Act of 2025
This bill expands coverage under the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to include unborn livestock as LIP-eligible livestock losses.
The bill applies to unborn livestock death losses (i.e., losses of any livestock that was gestating on the date of the death of the livestock) incurred on or after January 1, 2025.
LIP is a Farm Service Agency program that provides indemnity payments to eligible livestock owners and contract growers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality or reduced sales prices due to specified events (e.g., adverse weather, disease, or animal attack).
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3448 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3448
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to establish additional payments
for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2025
Mr. Jackson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to establish additional payments
for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program.
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 ``Livestock Indemnity Program
Enhancement Act of 2025'' or the ``LIP Enhancement Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR UNBORN LIVESTOCK.
Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Additional payment for unborn livestock.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of unborn livestock
death losses incurred on or after January 1, 2025, the
Secretary shall make an additional payment to eligible
producers on farms that have incurred such losses in
excess of the normal mortality due to a condition
specified in paragraph (1).
``(B) Payment rate.--Additional payments under
subparagraph (A) shall be made at a rate--
``(i) determined by the Secretary; and
``(ii) less than or equal to 85 percent of
the payment rate established with respect to
the lowest weight class of the livestock, as
determined by the Secretary, acting through the
Administrator of the Farm Service Agency.
``(C) Payment amount.--The amount of a payment to
an eligible producer that has incurred unborn livestock
death losses shall be equal to the payment rate
determined under subparagraph (B) multiplied, in the
case of livestock described in--
``(i) subparagraph (A), (B), or (F) of
subsection (a)(4), by 1;
``(ii) subparagraph (D) of such subsection,
by 2;
``(iii) subparagraph (E) of such
subsection, by 12; and
``(iv) subparagraph (G) of such subsection,
by the average number of birthed animals (for
one gestation cycle) for the species of each
such livestock, as determined by the Secretary.
``(D) Unborn livestock death losses defined.--In
this paragraph, the term `unborn livestock death
losses' means losses of any livestock described in
subparagraph (A), (B), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of
subsection (a)(4) that was gestating on the date of the
death of the livestock.''.
<all>
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line