Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025
STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING
Currently in the House. Last action: placed on the union calendar, calendar no. 286 on Oct 3, 2025.
- House Introduced in House Mar 27, 2025
- House Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Mar 27, 2025
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jul 15, 2025
- House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18. Jul 15, 2025
- House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-334. Oct 3, 2025
- House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286. Oct 3, 2025
Cosponsors
26
Subjects
Committees
- Natural Resources Committee
- [Reported By, Oct 3, 2025]
- [Markup By, Jul 15, 2025]
- [Referred To, Mar 27, 2025]
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.
[Summary as of: Introduced in House]
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