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US HB441

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Julia Letlow

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Reduces the drought eligibility threshold for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program from 8 consecutive weeks to 4 consecutive weeks during the normal grazing period, qualifying producers for 1 monthly payment

  • Increases payments for producers experiencing 8 or more consecutive weeks of drought from 1 monthly payment to 2 monthly payments

  • Adds "drought" as an explicit qualifying condition for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program

  • Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish documentation standards for farm-raised fish producers, including standards for collecting data, crawfish production related to harvest reductions, and defining drought-related loss conditions

  • Expands eligibility for crawfish producers to receive emergency assistance for harvest losses due to adverse weather or drought

Legislative Description

Drought Assistance Improvement Act

Agriculture and food

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

2/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry2/14/2025
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit2/14/2025
Agriculture1/15/2025

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