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
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,
.