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HR 243 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Atmospheric science and weather Disaster relief and insurance Emergency planning and evacuation Livestock Natural disasters

Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act

Introduced: February 27, 2023 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Jan 10, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 10, 2023
Introduced in House
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Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act

This bill requires producers to develop disaster preparedness plans that include adverse weather plans to be eligible for livestock indemnity payments and emergency loans due to adverse weather under certain agricultural disaster assistance programs.

What's happening now January 10, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 15
D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jul 17, 2023
Kuster, Ann
· May 31, 2023
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 30, 2023
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · May 23, 2023
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · May 17, 2023
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · May 16, 2023
Cárdenas, Tony
· May 9, 2023
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · May 9, 2023
Nickel, Wiley
· Feb 27, 2023
Payne, Donald
· Feb 27, 2023
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 8, 2023
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 30, 2023
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 25, 2023
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jan 24, 2023
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jan 24, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Jan 10, 2023
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 10, 2023
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jan 10, 2023
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 10, 2023
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jan 10, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 243: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-243/
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"H.R. 243: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-243/.
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H.R. 243, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-243/.
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