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2025-09-26T16:19:35Z
2025-09-26T16:19:35Z
Senate
S
S
2025-04-07
119
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1312
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate
Standing
  - Referred To
2025-04-07T20:03:43Z
- 2025-04-07
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
IntroReferral
- 2025-04-07
Introduced in Senate
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Ron
Wyden
D
OR
N
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Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Peter
Welch
D
VT
2025-04-07
True
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Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
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Grassley
R
IA
2025-04-07
True
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Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Mike
Rounds
R
SD
2025-04-07
True
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Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
Adam
Schiff
D
CA
B.
2025-04-07
True
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Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Cindy
Hyde-Smith
R
MS
2025-04-07
True
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Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
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Heinrich
D
NM
2025-04-07
True
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Richard
Blumenthal
D
CT
2025-04-07
True
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John
Hoeven
R
ND
2025-04-07
True
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D
NJ
2025-04-08
False
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
2025-05-06T20:32:53Z
00
2025-04-07
Introduced in Senate
2025-09-26T16:18:27Z
Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2025
This bill establishes within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) the Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters.
Specifically, the office must use all available tools (e.g., subpoenas) to investigate and prosecute violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (P&S Act) by packers and live poultry dealers. Further, the bill grants the office the authority to bring any civil or administrative action authorized by that act against a packer or live poultry dealer.
Additionally, the office must
- serve as a liaison to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector,
- consult with the Department of Homeland Security on national security and critical infrastructure security in the food and agricultural sector,
- maintain a staff of attorneys and other professionals with appropriate expertise, and
- coordinate with the USDA Office of the General Counsel and the Packers and Stockyards Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service.
As background, the purposes of the P&S Act are to assure fair competition and trade practices, safeguard farmers and ranchers, protect consumers, and protect livestock, meat, and poultry industry members from unfair, deceptive, unjustly discriminatory, and monopolistic practices. Those engaged in the business of marketing livestock, meat, and poultry in commerce are subject to the P&S Act.

Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2025
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Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2025
2025-04-17T03:08:18Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2025
2025-04-17T03:08:17Z
Introduced in Senate
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- Official Title as Introduced
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A bill to establish the Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters within the Department of Agriculture.
2025-04-17T03:03:31Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Introduced in Senate
2025-04-07T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1312is/xml/BILLS-119s1312is.xml
2025-04-07
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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