3.0.0 622 2023-01-11T19:57:56Z 2023-01-11T19:57:56Z Senate S S 2007-02-15 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-15T19:58:54Z Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 110 2135 HR 2007-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2007-02-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2052-2053) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2007-02-15 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-02-15 True T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2007-02-15 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-02-15 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2007-02-15 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-02-15 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-03 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-06-19 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agricultural industries Animals Civil actions and liability Commerce Competition Contracts Corporate management Department of Agriculture Executive reorganization Federal employees Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government attorneys Government paperwork Governmental investigations Injunctions Law Legal fees Legal services Livestock Marketing of farm produce Meat packing industry Poultry Restrictive trade practices Agriculture and Food 00 2007-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-06T20:03:44Z Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to define specified terms.

Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters, which shall be headed by a Special Counsel for Competition Matters. States that the Office shall: (1) investigate and prosecute violations of this Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921; (2) serve as a liaison between the Department and the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector; and (3) maintain a staff of attorneys and other appropriate professionals.

Prohibits unfair or deceptive agricultural commerce acts or practices respecting: (1) crops; (2) producer associations; and (3) agricultural production and marketing contracts.

Sets forth agricultural and production contract and enforcement provisions.

Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to eliminate the "slaughter" requirement from the definitions of "poultry grower," "poultry growing arrangement," and "live poultry dealer." States that the term "poultry grower" does not include an employee of such grower.

Extends: (1) administrative enforcement authority to live poultry dealers; and (2) temporary injunction or restraining order authority to instances of poultry care. Increases the maximum civil penalty for violations by live poultry dealers.

States that it shall be an unlawful practice to engage in an unfair or discriminatory practice or device or to control or manipulate prices regardless of whether the practice, device, or course of business causes a competitive injury or otherwise adversely effects competition, and regardless of any alleged business justification.

]]> Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultural commodities. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s622is/xml/BILLS-110s622is.xml 2007-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.