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HR 5992 117th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021

Introduced: December 8, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Dec 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Nov 17, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 17, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take various actions to address transparency in pricing and contract terms in the cattle industry.

Among these requirements, USDA must (1) establish regional minimum percentages of cattle that meat packers must procure through negotiated purchases or negotiated grid purchases (i.e., transactions where the price is known and negotiated at the time of the transaction), and (2) maintain a publicly available catalog of contracts offered by meat packers to livestock producers for the purchase of fed cattle.

What's happening now December 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 543 Related bill Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021
  • S 3229 Identical bill Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
Palazzo, Steven
· Dec 8, 2021
 R
Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Nov 17, 2021
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Nov 17, 2021
Hartzler, Vicky
· Nov 17, 2021
 R
Hinson, Ashley
Iowa · Nov 17, 2021
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Nov 17, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5992: Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5992/
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"H.R. 5992: Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5992/.
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