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S 3229 117th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Civil actions and liability Contracts and agency Food industry and services Government information and archives Livestock Mammals Meat

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021

Introduced: November 17, 2021 Introduced by: Fischer, Deb Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 17, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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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 November 17, 2021

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

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 5992 Identical bill Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021
  • HR 3766 Related bill Optimizing the Cattle Market Act of 2021
  • HR 5609 Related bill Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021
  • S 543 Related bill Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 7 Republican 7
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Mar 1, 2022
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 1, 2022
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jan 11, 2022
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jan 10, 2022
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Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Dec 17, 2021
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Nov 19, 2021
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 18, 2021
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Nov 17, 2021
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Nov 17, 2021
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Nov 17, 2021
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 17, 2021
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Nov 17, 2021
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Nov 17, 2021
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 17, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3229: Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3229/
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