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S. 1669 · 119th CongressAgriculture and Food

CRAWDAD Act has not moved since its introduction on May 7, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Republican

Sponsored by Kennedy, John R-LA · 1 cosponsor: 0 Democrats, 1 Republican
IntroducedMay 7, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 185 words.

Crawfish Recovery Assistance from Weather Disasters And Droughts Act or the CRAWDAD Act This bill modifies access to the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). The Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers these programs. The bill expands coverage under ELAP for losses caused by adverse weather or drought. The bill includes under ELAP the loss of a crawfish harvest due to adverse weather or drought. (This program provides payments to producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish as compensation for losses due to disease, adverse weather, feed or water shortages, or other conditions that are not covered under other programs.) The FSA must establish ELAP documentation standards for (1) collecting data, (2) the production of crawfish, and (3) defining loss conditions due to drought. The bill also specifies that eligibility under LFP for livestock producers applies to producers with weaned or unweaned livestock. Currently, unweaned livestock are not eligible for the program. (LFP makes payments to eligible livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses on drought-affected pastureland, including cropland planted specifically for grazing.)

Context
Committees
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
Sponsor
13 of 329 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in senate · 191 words
Latest action
May 7, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

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