S. 1501 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Apr 28, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryProtects U.S. farm exports during animal disease outbreaks
The bill gives the Department of Agriculture the power to work out agreements with other countries ahead of time about animal diseases. If an outbreak happens in one region, these pre-made agreements would let the U.S. keep exporting meat and animal products from other regions that aren't affected. The agriculture department and trade officials would create these regional agreements based on the latest scientific research.
How it affects you
Farmers and ranchers who raise livestock or produce animal products could benefit by maintaining export markets even when disease outbreaks occur in other parts of the country. Without this kind of regional agreement in place beforehand, a disease outbreak anywhere might trigger a complete export ban, affecting farmers nationwide.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Apr 28, 2025)
Safe American Food Exports Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025
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.
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.
The bill also specifies that such a negotiation should take into account accepted global research advances.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 1501
A BILL
SAFE Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) · Introduced Apr 28, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Apr 28, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”