{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-2462","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":2462,"title":"Black Vulture Relief Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-03-27","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"R000612","fullName":"Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]","party":"R","state":"TN","district":6}],"cosponsorsCount":26,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-10-03","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":["Animal protection and human-animal relationships","Birds","Livestock"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-10-03","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-10-03","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-334.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-10-03","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-334.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-15","text":"Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-15","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-27","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-27","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-27","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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.)</p><p>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.</p><p>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&nbsp;make this reporting form available on its website.</p><p>Currently, the FWS has a permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of black vultures.</p>","updateDate":"2026-02-04T05:06:17Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":448,"ts":"2026-04-15T05:35:51.778Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Black%20Vulture%20Relief%20Act"}]}}