HR 1020 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food

BAITS Act

Introduced: February 14, 2023 Introduced by: Moore, Barry Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Apr 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Feb 14, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Feb 14, 2023

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Committees of jurisdiction 3