Contact Congress about S. 1501: SAFE Act of 2025

U.S. animal exports could keep moving during some disease outbreaks. USDA could make deals with other countries to limit trade bans to affected places, instead of the whole United States.

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SAFE Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Latest action on S. 1501: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people and businesses that sell U.S. animals and animal products to other countries. It also affects USDA officials who handle animal health, food safety, and farm trade talks with foreign governments.

Why this matters: Animal disease outbreaks can shut down export markets, even when the problem is limited to one area. This bill tries to keep trade moving from places that are not affected. That could matter for farmers, ranchers, processors, and exporters that depend on foreign buyers. The real impact would depend on which countries agree to these rules and how USDA uses them.

Key provisions in S. 1501

• The bill adds a new export-market rule to the Animal Health Protection Act, the federal animal health law. It covers animal disease outbreaks that affect U.S. trade.
• The Secretary of Agriculture could negotiate animal disease trade agreements with foreign governments. USDA would act through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the trade under secretary, and the Food Safety and Inspection Service.
• Trade limits could target only the places or facilities with disease risk. The bill allows regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and similar tools, which split risk by area or operation.
• USDA would have to consider accepted global research advances in these talks. That means negotiations should use current, widely accepted science.
• The bill does not limit or change the U.S. Trade Representative’s current trade powers. That office would keep its existing authority to negotiate trade agreements.

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U.S. animal exports could keep moving during some disease outbreaks. USDA could make deals with other countries to limit trade bans to affected places, instead of the whole United States.

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