HR 169
106th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agricultural prices
Animals
Business records
Commerce
Finance and Financial Sector
Futures trading
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Livestock industry
Meat packing industry
Pork
Swine
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to expand the pilot investigation for the collection of information regarding prices paid for the procurement of cattle and sheep for slaughter and of muscle cuts of beef and lamb to include swine and muscle cuts of swine.
Introduced: January 6, 1999
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11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 22, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 11, 1999
Received in the Senate.
Feb 9, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 9, 1999
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Feb 9, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Feb 9, 1999
DEBATE - The House continued with debate.
Feb 9, 1999
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Feb 9, 1999
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H490-492)
Feb 9, 1999
Mr. Combest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jan 6, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 6, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended by the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Appropriations Act, 1999, to include swine and muscle cuts of swine in the mandatory domestic reporting pilot investigation.
Authorizes such investigation's extension beyond 12 months if necessary to collect 12 months' information on swine pricing.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1