,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #egd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ac1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,coons1 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 ,mr4 ,graham1  
,mr4 ,ossoff1 ,mr4 ,ricketts1 ,ms4      
,smith1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,tuberville1 
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4  
,cornyn1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,ms4 ,blunt
 ,rochester1 and ,mr4 ,padilla7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,animal ,health ,protection ,act to     
provide compensation for poultry growers
 and layers in control areas1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,healthy       
,poultry ,assistance and                
,indemnification ,act of #bjbe4  #b4    
,compensation for poultry growers and   
layers in control areas ,section #ajdjg 
of the ,animal ,health ,protection ,act 
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #hcjf7 is amended-- 7#a7  

in subsection 7d71 in the subsection    
heading1 by inserting for destroyed     
animals after ,compensation2 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following3  7e7
 ,compensation for poultry growers and  
layers in control areas  7#a7           
,definition of control area ,in this    
subsection1 the term control area means 
a ,control ,area determined by the      
,administrator of the ,animal and ,plant
 ,health ,inspection ,service4  7#b7    
,compensation  7,a7 ,in general ,except 
as provided in paragraph 7#c71 the      
,secretary shall compensate the owner of
 a poultry growing or laying facility   
that is located within a control area4  
7,b7 ,amount  7i7 ,in general           
,compensation paid under subparagraph   
7,a7 shall be in an amount that is equal
 to the product obtained by             
multiplying-- 7,i7 the average income   
from the #e most recent flocks of birds 
that the poultry growing or laying      
facility grew or laid2 and  7,,ii7 the  
number of flocks of birds that the owner

 of the poultry growing or laying       
facility was prohibited from growing or 
laying during the period of time in     
which the control area was in effect4   
7ii7 ,limitation ,compensation paid any 
owner of a poultry growing or laying    
facility under this subsection shall not
 exceed the difference between-- 7,i7   
the amount described in clause 7i72 and 
7,,ii7 any compensation received by the 
owner from a ,state or other source for 
the #a or more flocks of birds that the 
owner was prohibited from growing or    
laying4  7,c7 ,timing ,compensation     
shall be paid under subparagraph 7,a7   
not later than #fj days after the date  
on which the owner of a poultry growing 
or laying facility submits a request to 
the ,secretary for compensation4  7#c7  
,exceptions  7,a7 ,in general ,the      
exceptions described in subsection      
7d77#c7 shall apply to this subsection4 
7,b7 ,compensation for destroyed animals
 ,no payment shall be made by the       
,secretary under this subsection to an  

owner of a poultry growing or laying    
facility who has received compensation  
under subsection 7d7 for a facility in  
the same control area during the same   
period of time4  4