S 675
106th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Administrative procedure
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agricultural prices
Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Law
Livestock
Livestock industry
Marketing of farm produce
Meat
Agriculture Market Transparency Act of 1999
Introduced: March 19, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 19, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Agriculture Market Transparency Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot program requiring certain packers to report to the Secretary with respect to prices, volume, and terms of sale for domestic and imported livestock and livestock products. Directs the Secretary to encourage voluntary reporting by other packers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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