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HR 3499 112th Congress House

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not…

Official title: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry pro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection.

Introduced: November 18, 2011 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency, to compensate certain poultry producers whose production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection.

Requires a producer seeking compensation to document the contract's termination or non-renewal and the economic losses incurred from such termination or non-renewal.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3499: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3499/
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"H.R. 3499: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3499/.
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H.R. 3499, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3499/.
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[H.R. 3499: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3499/)
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