S 1823 · in committee · significant
Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- Allows livestock producers to capture, kill, or disperse black vultures that threaten their animals.
- Affects farmers and ranchers who lose livestock to black vulture predation.
- Requires annual reporting to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; excludes poisoning as a control method.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would allowing livestock producers to kill black vultures affect vulture populations in regions with significant ranching operations?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that black vulture predation causes enough livestock losses to warrant lethal control measures?
- 03
Why does the bill exclude poisoning as a control method while permitting capture and killing of black vultures?
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Sponsor · R-OK
Markwayne Mullin
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
16/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-05-20
Joining the bill
Roger F. Wicker
R-MS · original
Ted Budd
R-NC · original
Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL · original
John Barrasso
R-WY · original
Tom Cotton
R-AR · original
Ted Cruz
R-TX · original
Lindsey Graham
R-SC · original
Bill Hagerty
R-TN · original
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · original
Cynthia M. Lummis
R-WY · original
James Lankford
R-OK · original
Pete Ricketts
R-NE · original
+ 4 more
Legislative timeline
2025-05-20 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-05-20 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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