A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan.

Jon Husted

Republican · OH · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2026-06-24

Source: Congress.gov

The bill would create a national plan to improve the health and disease prevention of pigs raised in the United States, giving the federal government tools to monitor and manage swine diseases more effectively. This would affect pig farmers, meat producers, and potentially consumers by helping prevent disease outbreaks that could harm the pork industry and food supply. The plan would likely include requirements for disease reporting, research funding, and coordination between farms and government agencies.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4893 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4893 To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 24, 2026 Mr. Husted introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. U.S. SWINE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. The Animal Health Protection Act is amended by inserting after section 10409A (7 U.S.C. 8308a) the following: ``SEC. 10409B. U.S. SWINE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain a voluntary certification program for swine diseases, to be known as the `U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan', to improve biosecurity, traceability, disease surveillance, and foreign animal disease preparedness of the swine industry. ``(b) Advisory Committee.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain a Federal advisory committee in accordance with chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, to provide recommendations to the Secretary in the administration of the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan established under subsection (a). ``(c) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan under subsection (a) and the Federal advisory committee under subsection (b) by finalizing the proposed rule entitled `US Swine Health Improvement Plan' (89 Fed. Reg. 107045 (December 31, 2024)), taking into consideration the comments received. ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031, to remain available until expended.''. <all>

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