[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4893 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4893

  To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine 
                        health improvement plan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2026

  Mr. Husted 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 establish a U.S. Swine 
                        health improvement plan.

    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 ``U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. U.S. SWINE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

    The Animal Health Protection Act is amended by inserting after 
section 10409A (7 U.S.C. 8308a) the following:

``SEC. 10409B. U.S. SWINE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain a 
voluntary certification program for swine diseases, to be known as the 
`U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan', to improve biosecurity, 
traceability, disease surveillance, and foreign animal disease 
preparedness of the swine industry.
    ``(b) Advisory Committee.--The Secretary shall establish and 
maintain a Federal advisory committee in accordance with chapter 10 of 
title 5, United States Code, to provide recommendations to the 
Secretary in the administration of the U.S. Swine Health Improvement 
Plan established under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish the U.S. Swine 
Health Improvement Plan under subsection (a) and the Federal advisory 
committee under subsection (b) by finalizing the proposed rule entitled 
`US Swine Health Improvement Plan' (89 Fed. Reg. 107045 (December 31, 
2024)), taking into consideration the comments received.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts 
otherwise made available, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 
2031, to remain available until expended.''.
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