S. 1781 119th Congress Senate

LIP Enhancement Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to establish additional payments for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program.

Introduced: May 15, 2025 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Agriculture and Food

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May 15, 2025

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May 15, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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What's happening now May 15, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act of 2025 or the LIP Enhancement Act of 2025

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).

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
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EB CONSULTING
for NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Cosponsors 1

Cornyn, John

Texas · May 15, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1781: LIP Enhancement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1781/

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