Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2025

Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2025 (H.R. 3915) would reauthorize and expand mandatory funding for USDA animal health programs under the Animal Health Protection Act. The goal is to strengthen prevention, surveillance, and rapid response to foreign animal diseases by locking in specific funding levels for key programs—such as the national animal health laboratory network, disease preparedness/response programs, and a vaccine/veterinary countermeasures bank—through multiple future fiscal years. The bill primarily relies on Commodity Credit Corporation funds to fund these activities and shifts some appropriation baselines (notably moving certain baseline years to 2030) to ensure ongoing support. The intended effect is to improve early detection, containment, and rapid vaccine-based responses to foreign animal disease threats, with mandated funding streams directed to specific program areas.