3.0.0 441 2026-07-18T00:06:01Z 2026-07-18T00:06:01Z House H HR 2025-01-15 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/441 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LETLOW:H.R. 441.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H186]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee Referred to 2025-02-14T18:04:57Z hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Referred to 2025-02-14T18:04:57Z Referred To 2025-01-15T15:01:20Z 2025-02-14 hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Committee 2025-02-14 hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. Committee 2025-01-15 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2025-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000595 Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] Julia Letlow R LA 5 N Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-02-19T16:50:12Z 00 2025-01-15 Introduced in House 2025-02-20T17:04:52Z Drought Assistance Improvement Act

This bill modifies access to two Farm Service Agency (FSA) administered programs: the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP).

The bill modifies the LFP to allow for one monthly payment when a county has four consecutive weeks of a D2 rating (severe drought) and two payments for eight consecutive weeks of D2. Currently, one payment is available for eight consecutive weeks of D2. As background, LFP makes payments to eligible livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses on drought-affected pastureland, including cropland planted specifically for grazing.

The bill also expands coverage under ELAP for losses caused by adverse weather or drought. The bill includes under ELAP the loss of a crawfish harvest due to adverse weather or drought. As background, ELAP provides payments to producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish as compensation for losses due to disease, adverse weather, feed or water shortages, or other conditions that are not covered under other programs.

The FSA must establish ELAP documentation standards for (1) collecting data, (2) the production of crawfish, and (3) defining loss conditions due to drought.

]]> Drought Assistance Improvement Act Display Title 45 Drought Assistance Improvement Act 2026-07-18T00:06:01Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To improve drought related disaster assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 2026-07-18T00:06:01Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Drought Assistance Improvement Act 2025-02-11T05:53:20Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr441ih/xml/BILLS-119hr441ih.xml 2025-02-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.