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HR 3810 107th Congress House

Livestock Ownership Fairness Act of 2002

Official title: To prohibit livestock packers from owning or feeding livestock intended for slaughter for more than 14 days before such slaughter, to prohibit excessive concen… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit livestock packers from owning or feeding livestock intended for slaughter for more than 14 days before such slaughter, to prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of livestock, poultry, and basic agricultural commodities, to require the Attorney General to establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 5, 2002 See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative procedureAgribusinessAgricultural industriesAgricultural prices
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Agriculture and FoodAnimalsAntitrust lawCompetitionConspiracyCorporate mergersDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of JusticeEconomic concentrationEconomic impact statementsEconomics and Public FinanceExecutive reorganizationFarm incomeForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment attorneysLawLivestockLivestock industryMarketing of farm produceMeatMeat packing industryMonopoliesPoultryPoultry industryPredatory pricingProduce tradeSubsidiary corporationsWholesale trade
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 6, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Feb 27, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 27, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 6, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Livestock Ownership Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit livestock packers directly or through a subsidiary, from conspiring to, or owning or feeding livestock to such an extent that the producer no longer materially participates in the management of the operation, with respect to livestock held for more than 14 days prior to slaughter. Exempts from such prohibition certain: (1) forward contracting arrangements under which the producer retains pre-delivery operational control of the livestock; (2) cooperatives that own, or feed livestock and provide such livestock for slaughter; or (3) certain small producer-owned or-controlled packers.

Directs the Attorney General to establish in the Department of Justice an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture to handle agricultural antitrust and related matters.

Requires: (1) a person in the business of purchasing livestock, poultry, or a basic agricultural commodity for wholesale resale who files a premerger notice under the Clayton Act to file simultaneously a premerger notice with the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) the Secretary to review the proposed merger and report to the Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Mar 5, 2002
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Feb 27, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3810: Livestock Ownership Fairness Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3810/
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"H.R. 3810: Livestock Ownership Fairness Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3810/.
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