U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan (U.S. SHIP) would standardize biosecurity, traceability and disease surveillance for pork producers.
Advance a U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan to standardize biosecurity, traceability, and disease surveillance for pork producers.
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Evidence
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Grassley said the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman's farm bill discussion draft included several of his introduced or co-sponsored priorities, including the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan, which would standardize biosecurity, traceability and disease surveillance for pork producers.
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Grassley's office said the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance the 2026 Farm Bill and quoted Grassley saying he had fought for years to deliver a new five-year Farm Bill and hoped the committee could improve the bill and vote again in September.
Assessments
Grassley materially advanced the U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan by pushing language matching the promise into Senate Agriculture Committee farm-bill materials and tying it to his introduced or co-sponsored priorities. However, as of August 24, 2026, the farm bill vehicle had stalled and the U.S. SHIP provision had not been enacted or finalized into a federal program, so the standardized biosecurity, traceability, and disease-surveillance outcome was not fully delivered. Because he remains in the same Senate term and the effort is still active, this warrants partial credit rather than full delivery or a final failure finding.