CRAWDAD Act

Bill: 119-s-1669
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-05-07
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1669 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2025 Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To improve drought-related disaster assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

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