Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-1590
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-17
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Aquaculture

Seafood
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed shellfish as a specialty crop.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1590 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2013 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. DeLauro , Ms. Pingree of Maine , and Mr. Schrader ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed shellfish as specialty crops.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act . 2. Farmed shellfish as specialty crops Section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 ( 7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465 ) is amended by inserting farmed shellfish, after fruits, .