SAFE Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-1501
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2025-04-28
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Safe American Food Exports Act of&nbsp;2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Agriculture to preemptively negotiate regional export ban agreements for known animal disease threats that apply only to areas affected by animal disease outbreaks to enable the continuation of exports from areas not affected by an outbreak.</p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Service, in consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, may negotiate the regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States.</p><p>The bill also specifies that such a negotiation should take into account accepted global research advances.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1501 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2025 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Ms. Smith , Mrs. Britt , and Mr. Coons ) 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 improve the prevention of the spread of animal diseases, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe American Food Exports Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025 . 2. Engagement with export markets (a) In general Section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8304 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Engagement with export markets (1) In general To reduce the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, may negotiate regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with the governments of countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States. (2) Research A negotiation carried out under paragraph (1) should take into account accepted global research advances. . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this section— (1) limits the ability of the United States Trade Representative to negotiate trade agreements; or (2) requires the United States Trade Representative to condition other trade agreements on the inclusion of language relating to reducing the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, as described in subsection (d)(1) of section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8304 ).