LIP Enhancement Act of 2025
LIP Enhancement Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# LIP Enhancement Act of 2025 - Plain Language Summary **What the Bill Does:** The LIP Enhancement Act of 2025 would expand a federal agricultural program called the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to include unborn livestock as eligible for compensation. Currently, LIP reimburses farmers and ranchers for livestock that die due to specified causes like severe weather, disease, or animal attacks. This bill would add pregnant animals' unborn offspring to the types of losses that qualify for these federal payments, effective for losses occurring on or after January 1, 2025. **Who It Affects:** The bill primarily affects livestock owners and contract growers (farmers who raise animals under contract) who experience livestock deaths.
The expanded coverage would allow them to receive federal indemnity payments not only for the pregnant animal itself but also for the unborn livestock it was carrying at the time of death. **Current Status:** The bill (HR 3448) was introduced in the 119th Congress by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) and is currently under review in a House committee. It has not yet been voted on by the full House or Senate.
CRS Official Summary
Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act of 2025 or the LIP Enhancement Act of 2025This 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, 2025.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).
Latest Action
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.