[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3836 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3836

    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

                           February 29, 2024

  Mr. Kennedy 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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