H.R. 2868

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2868 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2868

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
add highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and 
extension area.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 10, 2025

Ms. McBride (for herself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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A BILL

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
add highly pathogenic avian influenza as a high priority research and 
extension area.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Avian Virus Eradication 
Act'' or the ``SAVE Our Poultry Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA AS A HIGH 
PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION AREA.

Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``(21) Highly pathogenic avian influenza.--Research and 
extension grants may be made under this section to land-grant 
colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) to study highly pathogenic avian 
influenza for the purposes of--
``(A) developing and improving the efficacy of 
vaccines for poultry, including with respect to--
``(i) researching the effectiveness of such 
vaccines across poultry species;
``(ii) improving formulations of such 
vaccines;
``(iii) improving the delivery mechanisms 
for such vaccines; and
``(iv) assessing the potential implications 
of vaccination on domestic and international 
poultry markets, including trade and market 
access considerations; and
``(B) enhancing biosecurity procedures for poultry 
producers, including with respect to--
``(i) evaluating training and biosecurity 
practices;
``(ii) improving farm-level interventions; 
and
``(iii) developing new disinfection 
methods.''.
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