Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-754
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 754 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 17, 2013 Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 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, .