S 4252
118th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
LIP Enhancement Act of 2024
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 2, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act of 2024 or the LIP Enhancement Act of 2024
This bill expands coverage under the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to include unborn livestock as LIP-eligible livestock losses.
The bill applies to unborn livestock death losses (i.e., losses of any livestock that was gestating on the date of the death of the livestock) incurred on or after January 1, 2024.
LIP is a Farm Service Agency program that provides indemnity payments to eligible livestock owners and contract growers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality or reduced sales prices due to specified events (e.g., adverse weather, disease, or animal attack).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1