Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- S. 1823
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Agriculture and Food
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-05-20: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Last Updated
- 2025-11-27T23:02:31Z
Official Summary
Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025
This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against black vultures to protect livestock. (Black vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.)
Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, or disperse, or transport the carcass of) a black vulture that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the black vulture, cause injury to the bird. However, they may not take or attempt to take a black vulture through the use of poison.
Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on black vultures taken under this bill. The FWS must develop a reporting form and make this reporting form available on its website.
Currently, the FWS has a permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of black vultures.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (16)
Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL], Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY], Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN], Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Recent Actions
- 2025-05-20: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 2025-05-20: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025 — issued 2025-05-20 — PDF (4 pages)