U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10911: U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan Act of 2026
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan as a voluntary program to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with the States and the swine industry to prevent the introduction into the United States of, and to monitor for, diseases that threaten swine health, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan as a voluntary program to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with the States and the swine industry to prevent the introduction into the United States of, and to monitor for, diseases that threaten swine health, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 26, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan as a voluntary program to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with the States and the swine industry to prevent the introduction into the United States of, and to monitor for, diseases that threaten swine health, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. U.S. Swine health improvement plan The Animal Health Protection Act is amended by inserting after section 10409A ( 7 U.S.C. 8308a ) the following: SECTION 10409B. U.S. Swine health improvement plan (a) In general The Secretary shall carry out a cooperative Federal-State-industry program for preventing and monitoring specific swine diseases through the establishment and implementation of certification programs that identify, in States participating in such a program, covered swine facilities that meet biosecurity, traceability, and surveillance standards for African swine fever, classical swine fever, and such other swine diseases as the Secretary determines appropriate. Such program shall be known as the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan or US SHIP and shall expand upon the US Swine Health Improvement Plan pilot program established by the swine industry for such purpose in 2020. (b) Program elements The program described in …
Sponsors
- Marcy Kaptur (D, HD-009) · primary sponsor
- Brad Finstad (R, HD-001)
- Donald Davis (D, HD-001)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- : Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1127)
- : Introduced in House
Common questions
- What is HB10911?
- HB10911 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan Act of 2026.
- What does HB10911 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan as a voluntary program to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with the States and the swine industry to prevent the introduction into the United States of, and to monitor for, diseases that threaten swine health, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10911?
- In committee as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10911?
- Marcy Kaptur (D, HD-009), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10911?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10911
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