S 1017
110th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural prices
Animals
Cattle
Commerce
Competition
Contracts
Livestock
Meat packing industry
Restrictive trade practices
Swine
Captive Supply Reform Act
Introduced: March 28, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 28, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4058-4059)
Mar 28, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1