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S 460 111th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Livestock Meat

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

Introduced: February 24, 2009 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Feb 24, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Feb 24, 2009
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 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 for covered packers who reported in the 2008 annual report that more than 75% of their livestock were captive supply livestock

What's happening now February 24, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 460: A bill to amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-460/
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"S. 460: A bill to amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-460/.
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S. 460, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-460/.
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