[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1176 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1176

  To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include 
                  farmed shellfish as specialty crops.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2011

 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. McGovern, and Ms. DeLauro) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include 
                  farmed shellfish as specialty crops.

    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 ``Shellfish Marketing Assistance 
Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. FARMED SHELLFISH AS SPECIALTY CROPS.

    Section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108-465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended by inserting 
``farmed shellfish,'' after ``fruits,''.
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