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S 305 110th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural cooperatives Animals Commerce Farm management Livestock Meat packing industry Subsidiary corporations

A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.

Introduced: January 16, 2007 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Jan 16, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S600-601)
Jan 16, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S601)
Jan 16, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit livestock packers from owning, controlling, or feeding livestock to such an extent that the producer no longer materially participates in the management of the operation, with exceptions for: (1) animals held for not more than seven days before slaughter; (2) certain cooperatives that own, control or feed livestock and provide such livestock for slaughter; (3) packers that are not required to report price and quantity information on each reporting day; or (4) packers that own one livestock processing plant.
What's happening now January 16, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S601)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 305: A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-305/
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"S. 305: A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-305/.
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S. 305, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-305/.
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[S. 305: A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-305/)
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