119th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1823Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025

A bill to authorize livestock producers and their employees to take black vultures to prevent death, injury, or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced May 20, 2025
Last action May 20, 2025
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 20, 2025
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Referred
May 20, 2025
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Committee
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against black vultures to protect livestock. (Black vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.) Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, or disperse, or transport the carcass of) a black vulture that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the black vulture, cause injury to the bird. However, they may not take or attempt to take a black vulture through the use of poison. Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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May 20, 2025
Introduced in Senate
May 20, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.