HR 441 · in committee · significant
Drought Assistance Improvement Act
- economy
What this bill does
- This bill makes it easier for farmers to get drought assistance payments from the Farm Service Agency.
- Livestock producers and crawfish farmers affected by drought or severe weather are eligible for payments.
- Payments are triggered when drought conditions last four consecutive weeks or longer, with no specified cost or deadline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would expanding drought assistance eligibility to crawfish farmers alongside traditional livestock producers affect funding distribution among different agricultural sectors?
- 02
What evidence supports using four consecutive weeks of drought as the threshold for triggering assistance payments rather than other timeframes?
- 03
Without a specified budget cap or deadline, how should Congress prioritize this drought aid against other competing agricultural and disaster relief programs?
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Sponsor · R-LA-5
Julia Letlow
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-14
Legislative timeline
2025-02-14 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
2025-02-14 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
2025-01-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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