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S 786 110th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Commerce Competition Competitive bidding Livestock Meat packing industry

A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchased livestock from producers.

Introduced: March 6, 2007 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Mar 6, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2722)
Mar 6, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2721-2722)
Mar 6, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that 25% of a covered packer's daily kill comes through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers.

Sets forth a different percentage through 2011 for covered packers who reported in the 2006 annual report that more than 75% of their livestock were captive supply livestock

Defines "covered packer," "nonaffiliated producer," and "spot market sale."

What's happening now March 6, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2722)

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