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House
H
HR
2023-03-01
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1287
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FEENSTRA:H.R. 1287.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8 Clause 4 of the ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:To establish mandatory minimum purchase volumes for packersthrough ``approved pricing mechanisms'', establish a maximumpenalty for covered packers of $90,000 for mandatory minimumviolations, and to create a publicly available library ofmarketing contracts.[Page H1051]
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Agriculture Committee
House
Standing
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Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2023-04-04T17:27:26Z
  - Referred To
2023-03-01T14:01:35Z

- Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
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S
2023-02-02
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2023-04-04
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Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Committee
- 2023-03-01
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
IntroReferral
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House floor actions
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Agriculture Committee
- 2023-03-01
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
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Library of Congress
- 2023-03-01
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Randy
Feenstra
R
IA
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N
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Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Mike
Levin
D
CA
49
2023-03-01
True
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Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Mariannette
Miller-Meeks
R
IA
1
2023-03-01
True
Agriculture and Food
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
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- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
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- Civil actions and liability
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- Contracts and agency
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- Food industry and services
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- Government information and archives
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- Livestock
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- Mammals
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- Meat
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Agriculture and Food
2023-03-28T16:47:53Z
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2023-03-01
Introduced in House
2023-08-14T13:19:04Z
Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take various actions to address transparency in contract terms and pricing in the cattle industry.
Among these requirements, USDA must maintain a publicly available library or catalog of contracts entered into between meat packers and livestock producers for the purchase of cattle, including any schedules of premiums or discounts associated with the contracts and other specific details. USDA must make this information available to producers and other interested parties in a monthly report.
The bill further requires USDA to establish five to seven regions encompassing the entire continental United States that reasonably reflect similar fed cattle purchase practices for processing plants and establish mandatory minimums for each region (i.e., the minimum percentage of cattle purchases that are required to be made through approved pricing mechanisms from producers that are not packers).
Under the bill, approved pricing mechanisms are generally purchases of fed cattle made through a negotiated purchase, through a negotiated grid purchase, at a stockyard, or through trading systems or platforms where multiple buyers and sellers can regularly make and accept bids and offers.
The bill also establishes a maximum penalty for mandatory minimum violations by covered packers. Under the bill, a covered packer is a packer that has slaughtered an average of 5% or more of the number of fed cattle slaughtered nationally during the immediately preceding five calendar years.

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
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Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
2024-05-24T13:41:57Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
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To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a cattle contract library, and for other purposes.
2024-03-18T20:24:32Z
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2023-03-01T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1287ih/xml/BILLS-118hr1287ih.xml
2023-04-04
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
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