[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3383 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3383

 To require the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal 
 Trade Commission to issue guidelines relating to mergers by wholesale 
    purchasers of livestock, poultry, and unprocessed agricultural 
                              commodities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2001

 Mr. Moran of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal 
 Trade Commission to issue guidelines relating to mergers by wholesale 
    purchasers of livestock, poultry, and unprocessed agricultural 
                              commodities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade 
Commission shall issue guidelines relating to mergers by wholesale 
purchasers of livestock, poultry, and unprocessed agricultural 
commodities, taking into consideration the effects of such mergers on 
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers, as well as consumers.
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