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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2227" measure-id="id119hr2227" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-03-18" update-date="2025-05-23">
        <title>WOLF Act of 2025</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr2227v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-05-23">
            <action-date>2025-03-18</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>WOlf and Livestock Fairness Act of 2025 or the WOLF Act</strong> <strong>of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves.</p><p>Specifically, the bill directs the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)&nbsp;to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves. USDA must develop a formula to determine the amount of emergency relief to provide to a producer of livestock. Among other factors, the formula must take into consideration the herd size of the producer and the&nbsp;average annual&nbsp;increase in management costs for producers in the state due to Mexican gray wolves.</p><p>Additionally, the bill modifies USDA's Livestock Indemnity Program. In the case of attacks on livestock by Mexican gray wolves, the bill increases the&nbsp;payment rate from 75% to 100% of the market value of the affected livestock.</p>]]></summary-text>
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