H.R. 3448House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

LIP Enhancement Act of 2025

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The Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act of 2025 amends the 2014 Agricultural Act to provide extra indemnity payments to farmers who lose unborn livestock. It applies to losses occurring on or after Jan 1 2025 and sets the payment rate at up to 85 % of the lowest‑weight class rate, with the amount calculated based on livestock type. The bill affects eligible producers who experience these gestational losses.

Key Provisions

Adds a new category for "additional payment for unborn livestock" to the livestock indemnity program.
Makes eligible producers who suffer unborn livestock death losses (beyond normal mortality) on or after Jan 1 2025 receive an extra payment.
The payment rate is set by the Secretary of Agriculture and cannot exceed 85 % of the rate used for the lowest‑weight class of livestock.
The payment amount equals that rate multiplied by a factor that varies by livestock type: 1 for some categories, 2 for others, 12 for others, or the average number of offspring per gestation cycle for the remaining category.
Defines "unborn livestock death losses" as losses of gestating livestock covered under the existing program’s livestock categories.

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

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Introduced in House

May 15, 2025

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

May 15, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 15, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3448

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 15, 2025

Mr. Jackson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

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

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act of 2025 or the LIP Enhancement Act of 2025.

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, 2025, 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.