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S 1607 IS
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1607
To include shellfish to the list of crops eligible for the noninsured crop disaster assistance program and the emergency assistance for livestock program of the Department of Agriculture.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 22, 2011
Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To include shellfish to the list of crops eligible for the noninsured crop disaster assistance program and the emergency assistance for livestock program of the Department of Agriculture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. NONINSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 196(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘shellfish (regardless of the method of production),’ after ‘sea oats,’.
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK, HONEY BEES, SHELLFISH, AND FARM-RAISED FISH.
(a) In General- Section 531(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(e)) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘Shellfish,’ after ‘Honey Bees,’; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘shellfish (regardless of the method of production),’ after ‘honey bees,’.
(b) Conforming Amendments-
(1) IN GENERAL- Section 901(e) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(e)) is amended--
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘Shellfish,’ after ‘Honey Bees,’; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘shellfish (regardless of the method of production),’ after ‘honey bees,’.
(2) FUNDING- Section 902(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497a(d)) is amended by striking ‘the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008’ and inserting ‘the Shellfish Equity Act of 2011’.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.1607 as Introduced in Senate Shellfish Equity Act of 2011
