Contact Congress about S. 574: Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025

Some poultry and egg farmers could get federal money when disease rules stop them from raising flocks. USDA would calculate the payment from recent flock income and pay within 60 days.

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Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification 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. 574: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects poultry growers and egg producers inside USDA disease control areas. These farmers could get paid when government rules stop them from raising or laying flocks. It also affects USDA, which would have to review claims, check payment amounts, and send payments within 60 days. Taxpayers could also be affected because the bill may increase federal outbreak costs.

Why this matters: Disease-control rules can stop a farm’s income even when its birds are not destroyed. This bill would give some poultry and egg farmers a clear way to seek payment for those missed flocks. It could help farms manage losses during outbreaks. It could also raise federal costs, but the bill does not say how much.

Key provisions in S. 574

• The bill adds a new payment for poultry growers and egg producers in federal disease control areas. It does this by changing the Animal Health Protection Act.
• A control area means an official disease zone set by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the agency that handles animal disease threats.
• The Secretary of Agriculture must pay covered poultry or egg facility owners in a control area. The payment applies when disease rules stop them from growing or laying flocks during that period.
• USDA would use a set payment formula. It would average income from the owner’s five most recent flocks, then multiply that by the number of flocks the owner could not grow or lay.
• Federal payment cannot be more than the owner’s unpaid loss. USDA must subtract any state or other money already paid for the same missed flocks.

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Questions people ask about S. 574

What is S. 574?

Some poultry and egg farmers could get federal money when disease rules stop them from raising flocks. USDA would calculate the payment from recent flock income and pay within 60 days.

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