119-s1669

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1669 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1669

 To improve drought-related disaster assistance programs of the 
 Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 7, 2025

 Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To improve drought-related disaster assistance programs of the 
 Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Crawfish Recovery Assistance from 
Weather Disasters And Droughts Act'' or the ``CRAWDAD Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK, HONEY BEES, AND FARM-RAISED 
 FISH PROGRAM.

 

Section 1501
            (d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081
            (d) ) 
is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) , by inserting ``drought,'' after 
 ``adverse weather,'';

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) --
        (A) by inserting ``adverse weather, drought,'' 
 after ``disease,''; and
        (B) by inserting ``and losses of crawfish harvest 
 due to adverse weather or drought'' after ``cattle tick 
 fever''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (5) Documentation standards.--For purposes of this 
 subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with eligible 
 producers of farm-raised fish, shall establish a documentation 
 standard for each of the following:
 ``
        (A) Collecting data.
 ``
        (B) Production of crawfish, as related to 
 reductions in harvest.
 ``
            (C) Defining loss conditions due to drought.''.

SEC. 3. LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM.

 

Section 1501
            (c) (1)
        (A)
            (i) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9081
            (c) (1)
        (A)
            (i) ) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause
            (I) , by 
striking ``means livestock'' and inserting ``means livestock, whether 
weaned or unweaned,''.
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