Through grassroots development and extensive advocacy work, the NAA actively pursues key legislative priorities which will benefit U.S. aquaculture farms and businesses.
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Contact your House and Senate Representatives today to support these aquaculture bills:
HR 4127 Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act
Sponsor: Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
Co-sponsors: Scott Austin (R-GA-8), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Kat Cammack (R-FL-3), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-08), Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Andre Carson (D-IN-7), Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-05), John Duarte (R-CA-13), Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Scott Franklin (R-FL-8), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5), Josh Harder (D-CA-9), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA-02), Nick Langworthy (R-NY-23), Michael Lawler (R-NY-17), Barbara Lee (D-CA-12), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY-19), David Rouzer (R-NC-7), Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6), Austin Scott (R-GA-08), Franklin Scott (R-FL-18), Darren Soto (D-FL-9), Kim Schrier (D-WA-08), Mike Thompson (D-CA-4), Robert Wittman (R-VA-1)
S 2704 Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act
Sponsor: Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Co-sponsor: John Cornyn (R-TX), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
What does the Bill do?
The bills focus on exempting farms with 75% or more in farm income from an adjusted gross income limitation of $900,000 that prevents aquaculture farms from benefiting from USDA disaster assistance programs (e.g., ELAP, NAP).
What needs to be done?
Additional House and Senate co-sponsors are needed. Reach out to your House member to contact Congressman Panetta’s lead staff person Trey Elizondo (Trey.Elizondo@mail.house.gov) or Congresswoman Cammack’s lead staff person Christina Lassiter (Christina.Lassiter@mail.house.gov) to become a co-sponsor. In the Senate, ask your Senators to contact Angela Ebiner (Angela_Ebiner@padilla.senate.gov) in Senator Padilla’s Office.