119 S1669 IS: Crawfish Recovery Assistance from Weather Disasters And Droughts Act U.S. Senate 2025-05-07 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.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1669IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 7, 2025Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryA BILLTo improve drought-related disaster assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

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Short title

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

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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..

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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,.