119 HR 2868 IH: Supporting Avian Virus Eradication Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2868IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 10, 2025Ms. McBride (for herself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AgricultureA BILLTo amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to add highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and extension area.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Supporting Avian Virus Eradication Act or the SAVE Our Poultry Act.

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Addition of highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and extension area

Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (21)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza

Research and extension grants may be made under this section to land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) to study highly pathogenic avian influenza for the purposes of—(A)developing and improving the efficacy of vaccines for poultry, including with respect to—(i)researching the effectiveness of such vaccines across poultry species;(ii)improving formulations of such vaccines; (iii)improving the delivery mechanisms for such vaccines; and(iv)assessing the potential implications of vaccination on domestic and international poultry markets, including trade and market access considerations; and(B)enhancing biosecurity procedures for poultry producers, including with respect to—(i)evaluating training and biosecurity practices;(ii)improving farm-level interventions; and(iii)developing new disinfection methods..