,i #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #cddh ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #ae1 #bjbe,mr4 ,jackson of ,texas introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,agriculture ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,agricultural ,act of #bjad to establish additional payments for unborn livestock under the livestock indemnity payment program4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,livestock ,indemnity ,program ,enhancement ,act of #bjbe or the ,,lip ,enhancement ,act of #bjbe4 #b4 ,additional payment for unborn livestock ,section #aeja7;b7 of the ,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #ijha7;b77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#e7 ,additional payment for unborn livestock 7,a7 ,in general ,in the case of unborn livestock death losses incurred on or after ,january #a1 #bjbe1 the ,secretary shall make an additional payment to eligible producers on farms that have incurred such losses in excess of the normal mortality due to a condition specified in paragraph 7#a74 7,b7 ,payment rate ,additional payments under subparagraph 7,a7 shall be made at a rate-- 7i7 determined by the ,secretary2 and 7ii7 less than or equal to #he percent of the payment rate established with respect to the lowest weight class of the livestock1 as determined by the ,secretary1 acting through the ,administrator of the ,farm ,service ,agency4 7,c7 ,payment amount ,the amount of a payment to an eligible producer that has incurred unborn livestock death losses shall be equal to the payment rate determined under subparagraph 7,b7 multiplied1 in the case of livestock described in-- 7i7 subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 or 7,f7 of subsection 7a77#d71 by #a2 7ii7 subparagraph 7,d7 of such subsection1 by #b2 7iii7 subparagraph 7,e7 of such subsection1 by #ab2 and 7iv7 subparagraph 7,g7 of such subsection1 by the average number of birthed animals 7for one gestation cycle7 for the species of each such livestock1 as determined by the ,secretary4 7,d7 ,unborn livestock death losses defined ,in this paragraph1 the term unborn livestock death losses means losses of any livestock described in subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 7,d71 7,e71 7,f71 or 7,g7 of subsection 7a77#d7 that was gestating on the date of the death of the livestock4 4