[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2235 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2235

 To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for 
  poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2023

Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cotton, 
  Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Graham, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to provide compensation for 
  poultry growers and layers in control areas, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Poultry Assistance and 
Indemnification Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR POULTRY GROWERS AND LAYERS IN CONTROL AREAS.

    Section 10407 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8306) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), in the subsection heading, by 
        inserting ``for Destroyed Animals'' after ``Compensation''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Compensation for Poultry Growers and Layers in Control 
Areas.--
            ``(1) Definition of control area.--In this subsection, the 
        term `control area' means a Control Area determined by the 
        Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
        Service.
            ``(2) Compensation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
                (3), the Secretary shall compensate the owner of a 
                poultry growing or laying facility that is located 
                within a control area.
                    ``(B) Amount.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Compensation paid under 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be in an amount that is 
                        equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
                                    ``(I) the average income from the 5 
                                most recent flocks of birds that the 
                                poultry growing or laying facility grew 
                                or laid; and
                                    ``(II) the number of flocks of 
                                birds that the owner of the poultry 
                                growing or laying facility was 
                                prohibited from growing or laying 
                                during the period of time in which the 
                                control area was in effect.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--Compensation paid any 
                        owner of a poultry growing or laying facility 
                        under this subsection shall not exceed the 
                        difference between--
                                    ``(I) the amount described in 
                                clause (i); and
                                    ``(II) any compensation received by 
                                the owner from a State or other source 
                                for the 1 or more flocks of birds that 
                                the owner was prohibited from growing 
                                or laying.
                    ``(C) Timing.--Compensation shall be paid under 
                subparagraph (A) not later than 60 days after the date 
                on which the owner of a poultry growing or laying 
                facility submits a request to the Secretary for 
                compensation.
            ``(3) Exceptions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The exceptions described in 
                subsection (d)(3) shall apply to this subsection.
                    ``(B) Compensation for destroyed animals.--No 
                payment shall be made by the Secretary under this 
                subsection to an owner of a poultry growing or laying 
                facility who has received compensation under subsection 
                (d) for a facility in the same control area during the 
                same period of time.''.
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