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H.R. 2462119th CongressAgriculture and Food
Black Vulture Relief Act
Sponsored by Rep. John W. Rose (R-TN) · 26 active : 25 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286.
Where it standsBefore the House45 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govBlack 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.)
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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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Birds
- Livestock
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
26 activeShow all 26 cosponsors
- Andy Barr (R-KY-6)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
- Darren Soto (D-FL-9)
- David Rouzer (R-NC-7)
- Jason Smith (R-MO-8)
- Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)
- Mark Alford (R-MO-4)
- Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
- Sam Graves (R-MO-6)
- Scott Perry (R-PA-10)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3)
- Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)
- Pete Sessions
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
