[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4252 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4252

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to establish additional payments 
  for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2024

   Mr. Cruz 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 Agricultural Act of 2014 to establish additional payments 
  for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program.

    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 ``Livestock Indemnity Program 
Enhancement Act of 2024'' or the ``LIP Enhancement Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR UNBORN LIVESTOCK.

    Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Additional payment for unborn livestock.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of unborn livestock 
                death losses incurred on or after January 1, 2024, the 
                Secretary shall make an additional payment to eligible 
                producers on farms that have incurred such losses in 
                excess of the normal mortality due to a condition 
                specified in paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Payment rate.--Additional payments under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be made at a rate--
                            ``(i) determined by the Secretary; and
                            ``(ii) less than or equal to 85 percent of 
                        the payment rate established with respect to 
                        the lowest weight class of the livestock, as 
                        determined by the Secretary, acting through the 
                        Administrator of the Farm Service Agency.
                    ``(C) Payment amount.--The amount of a payment to 
                an eligible producer that has incurred unborn livestock 
                death losses shall be equal to the payment rate 
                determined under subparagraph (B) multiplied, in the 
                case of livestock described in--
                            ``(i) subparagraph (A), (B), or (F) of 
                        subsection (a)(4), by 1;
                            ``(ii) subparagraph (D) of such subsection, 
                        by 2;
                            ``(iii) subparagraph (E) of such 
                        subsection, by 12; and
                            ``(iv) subparagraph (G) of such subsection, 
                        by the average number of birthed animals (for 
                        one gestation cycle) for the species of each 
                        such livestock, as determined by the Secretary.
                    ``(D) Unborn livestock death losses defined.--In 
                this paragraph, the term `unborn livestock death 
                losses' means losses of any livestock described in 
                subparagraph (A), (B), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of 
                subsection (a)(4) that was gestating on the date of the 
                death of the livestock.''.
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