Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
The Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025 would amend the Animal Health Protection Act to create a new compensation program for poultry growers and laying facilities located in government-designated “control areas” during disease-control actions. The goal is to mitigate economic losses experienced by poultry operations when authorities impose restrictions within a control area. Under the bill, compensation is calculated based on the owner’s recent performance and the extent of prohibition, paid within 60 days of a compensation request, and offset by any other compensation the owner receives (to avoid duplicative payments). The bill also preserves existing payment rules and provides an exception to prevent double-compensation for the same period. In short, the bill adds a targeted federal indemnity for poultry producers in areas under control measures, with a formula-based payment and safeguards to ensure payments are not duplicative with other sources of compensation.
Key Points
- 1Definition of control area: A Control Area is an area designated by the APHIS Administrator as part of disease-control actions.
- 2Eligibility for compensation: The owner of a poultry growing or laying facility located within a control area is eligible, subject to existing exceptions.
- 3Calculation of compensation: The payment equals the average income per flock from the five most recent flocks the facility raised or laid, multiplied by the number of flocks the owner was prohibited from growing or laying during the control period.
- 4Payment timing: Compensation must be paid within 60 days after the owner submits a request for compensation.
- 5Offsets and exceptions: The amount may be reduced by any compensation the owner received from a state or other source for the same prohibited flocks; no payment if compensation already received under the related “destroyed animals” provision for the same facility in the same period, and the existing exceptions in subsection (d)(3) still apply.