S. 1781 — LIP Enhancement Act of 2025

This section establishes additional livestock indemnity payments under the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) for eligible producers on farms that incur death losses of unborn livestock in excess of normal mortality on or after January 1, 2024, due to attacks by federally reintroduced or protected animals, adverse weather, or disease. (As background, LIP uses Commodity Credit Corporation funds to compensate producers for livestock losses exceeding normal mortality from those causes.) The additional payment rate, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, is less than or equal to 85% of the applicable payment rate for the lowest weight class of livestock, multiplied by (1) 1 for cattle (including dairy cattle), bison, or horses; (2) 2 for sheep; (3) 12 for swine; or (4) the average number of birthed animals per gestation cycle for other livestock, as determined by the Secretary.