To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide to producers partial payments under the livestock indemnity program for livestock sold for salvage.
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 1, 2017)
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Department of Agriculture to make payments under the Livestock Indemnity Program for livestock that is sold for a reduced sale price in excess of the normal mortality. Any payments made pursuant to this bill must be reduced by the amount that the producer received from the sale.
(Under current law, the Livestock Indemnity Program provides payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather, or attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law.)
What just happenedNov 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 1, 2017
- Nov 16, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee - Nov 1, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - Nov 1, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 1, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House