S 3419 116th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

SALE Act of 2020

Introduced: May 18, 2020 See on congress.gov

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Mar 9, 2020

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

Mar 9, 2020

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Securing All Livestock Equitably Act of 2020 or the SALE Act of 2020

This bill requires all livestock purchased by a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds from, such livestock to be held by the dealer in a trust until all unpaid cash sellers of the livestock have been paid.

The bill exempts from the requirement any dealer whose average annual purchases of livestock do not exceed $100,000.

The bill also specifies requirements regarding enforcement, preserving a trust, notifying lien holders, and purchasing or transferring livestock that is subject to a trust.

What's happening now March 9, 2020

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

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