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119-s-1781119th CongressWALLET

LIP Enhancement Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Cruz, Ted [R-TX]

Introduced

Summary

Adds unborn livestock to the Livestock Indemnity Program. This bill would let eligible producers and contract growers receive an additional LIP payment when animals that were gestating at the time of death are lost to covered events.

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Payments would apply to unborn-livestock death losses incurred on or after January 1, 2024 and only when those losses exceed normal mortality. The Secretary, acting through the Farm Service Agency administrator, would set the payment rate which may not exceed 85 percent of the rate for the lowest weight class. The total payment would equal that rate multiplied by a factor that varies by the category of loss using statutory multipliers for specific loss types.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New payments for unborn livestock

If enacted, this bill would add a Livestock Indemnity Program payment for unborn animals that died on or after January 1, 2024. To qualify, losses must exceed normal mortality and be due to a listed condition in the statute. The Agriculture Secretary, acting through the FSA Administrator, would set the payment rate, up to 85% of the payment for the lowest weight class. The payment equals that rate times a multiplier: 1 for some categories, 2 for one, 12 for another, and for one category the average number born per gestation cycle. Payments would go to eligible producers on farms with qualifying gestation losses.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cruz, Ted [R-TX]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 5/15/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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