Bringing Aquaculture Indemnities To Speed Act or the BAITS Act
This bill expands the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) to eligible producers of farm-raised fish. (LIP provides indemnity payments to eligible livestock producers for loss or reduced sales price due to specified events.)
Specifically, the bill adds farm-raised fish to the LIP definition of livestock, expanding LIP indemnity payments to farm-raised fish producers due to (1) an attack by an animal reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law (e.g., avian predators) or (2) disease.
Under current law, LIP also provides indemnity payments to eligible livestock producers due to adverse weather. This bill prohibits LIP from making payments to producers of farm-raised fish due to adverse weather.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1020 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1020
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to include certain farm-raised
fish losses under the livestock indemnity payment program, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2023
Mr. Moore of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to include certain farm-raised
fish losses under the livestock indemnity payment program, 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 ``Bringing Aquaculture Indemnities To
Speed Act'' or the ``BAITS Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN FARM-RAISED FISH LOSSES UNDER LIVESTOCK
INDEMNITY PAYMENT PROGRAM.
Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(4)--
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as
subparagraph (H); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the
following:
``(G) for purposes of subsection (b), farm-raised
fish; and''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Special rule for farm-raised fish.--The Secretary may
only make a payment under this subsection with respect to
livestock described in subsection (a)(4)(G) if the loss or
reduced sale of such livestock is due to a cause described in
subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (1).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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