Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025

Summary

Creates a federal indemnity program that pays owners of poultry growing or laying facilities when they are barred from producing flocks because their facility lies inside a government-designated animal disease control area. Payments are based on the facility’s average income from its five most recent flocks multiplied by the number of flocks prevented, reduced by any other compensation already received; requests must be paid within 60 days after filing. The program is run by the Secretary of Agriculture through APHIS authority; the APHIS Administrator defines control areas and which birds count as poultry (explicitly listing many species and excluding doves and pigeons). The Secretary’s payment determinations are final and not subject to judicial review, though internal review by the agency is allowed. Existing exceptions in current law apply and the new program bars duplicate federal payments for the same facility and period.

• Creates a new federal indemnity payment for poultry facilities prevented from producing due to being inside a disease control area.
• Payments use the facility’s average income from its five most recent flocks multiplied by the number of missed flocks, minus other compensation received.
• APHIS (the APHIS Administrator) defines control areas and which birds are covered; doves and pigeons are excluded.
• Owners must file a request; payments must be made within 60 days of the request.
• Federal double-payment is barred for the same facility, control area, and time period if prior federal compensation was already paid.
• The Secretary’s payment decisions are final and not subject to judicial review, although internal agency review is allowed.
• Existing exceptions in current animal health law continue to apply.
• The provision sets payment rules but does not itself specify funding or appropriation details.