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S. 1823 119th Congress Senate

Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to authorize livestock producers and their employees to take black vultures to prevent death, injury, or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 20, 2025 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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May 20, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 20, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025

This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against black vultures to protect livestock. (Black vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.)

Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, or disperse, or transport the carcass of) a black vulture that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the black vulture, cause injury to the bird. However, they may not take or attempt to take a black vulture through the use of poison.

Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on black vultures taken under this bill. The FWS must develop a reporting form and make this reporting form available on its website.

Currently, the FWS has a permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of black vultures.

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 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Republican 16
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Cornyn, John
Texas · May 22, 2025
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · May 20, 2025
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Britt, Katie Boyd
Alabama · May 20, 2025
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · May 20, 2025
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · May 20, 2025
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · May 20, 2025
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 20, 2025
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Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · May 20, 2025
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · May 20, 2025
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · May 20, 2025
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 20, 2025
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Ricketts, Pete
Nebraska · May 20, 2025
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Schmitt, Eric
Missouri · May 20, 2025
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Scott, Rick
Florida · May 20, 2025
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Tuberville, Tommy
Alabama · May 20, 2025
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 20, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1823: Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1823/
MLA
"S. 1823: Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1823/.
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S. 1823, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1823/.
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[S. 1823: Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1823/)
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