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HR 1590 113th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Aquaculture Seafood

Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act

Introduced: April 17, 2013 Introduced by: Courtney, Joe Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Apr 17, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 17, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed shellfish as a specialty crop.

What's happening now April 17, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 754 Identical bill Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 7 Republican 1
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Feb 11, 2014
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Oct 1, 2013
Bishop, Timothy
· Aug 2, 2013
Heck, Denny
· Jul 30, 2013
Kilmer, Derek
· Jul 30, 2013
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Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 28, 2013
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2013
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 21, 2013
ISRAEL, STEVE
· Apr 24, 2013
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 17, 2013
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 17, 2013
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 17, 2013
Schrader, Kurt
· Apr 17, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1590: Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1590/
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"H.R. 1590: Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1590/.
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H.R. 1590, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1590/.
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