[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 118 (Thursday, August 5, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6977-S6978]
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                 MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING ACT OF 2010

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 512.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bill by title.

       A bill (S. 3656) to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to improve the reporting on sales of livestock and dairy 
     products, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate; that any statements 
relating to the measure be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3656) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3656

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Price Reporting 
     Act of 2010''.

     SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING.

       (a) Extension of Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking 
     ``September 30, 2010'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015''.
       (2) Conforming amendment and extension.--Section 942 of the 
     Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 
     note; Public Law 106-78) is amended by striking ``September 
     30, 2010'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015''.
       (b) Wholesale Pork Cuts.--
       (1) Reporting.--Chapter 3 of subtitle B of the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 233. MANDATORY REPORTING OF WHOLESALE PORK CUTS.

       ``(a) Reporting.--The corporate officers or officially 
     designated representatives of each packer shall report to the 
     Secretary information concerning the price and volume of 
     wholesale pork cuts, as the Secretary determines is necessary 
     and appropriate.
       ``(b) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish information 
     reported under subsection (a) as the Secretary determines 
     necessary and appropriate.''.
       (2) Negotiated rulemaking.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall establish a negotiated rulemaking process pursuant to 
     subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, 
     to negotiate and develop a proposed rule to implement the 
     amendment made by paragraph (1).
       (3) Negotiated rulemaking committee.--
       (A) Representation.--Any negotiated rulemaking committee 
     established by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to 
     paragraph (2) shall include representatives from--
       (i) organizations representing swine producers;
       (ii) organizations representing packers of pork, processors 
     of pork, retailers of pork, and buyers of wholesale pork;

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       (iii) the Department of Agriculture; and
       (iv) among interested parties that participate in swine or 
     pork production.
       (B) Inapplicability of federal advisory committee act.--Any 
     negotiated rulemaking committee established by the Secretary 
     of Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (2) shall not be subject 
     to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (4) Timing of proposed and final rules.--In carrying out 
     the negotiated rulemaking process under paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that--
       (A) any recommendation for a proposed rule or report is 
     provided to the Secretary of Agriculture not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (B) a final rule is promulgated not later than one and a 
     half years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Pork Export Reporting.--Section 602(a)(1) of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a)(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``cotton,'' and inserting ``cotton, 
     pork,''.

     SEC. 3. DAIRY MANDATORY REPORTING.

       (a) Electronic Reporting Required.--Subsection (d) of 
     section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
     U.S.C. 1637b) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Electronic Reporting.--
       ``(1) Electronic reporting system required.--The Secretary 
     shall establish an electronic reporting system to carry out 
     this section.
       ``(2) Publication.--Not later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 
     on the Wednesday of each week, the Secretary shall publish a 
     report containing the information obtained under this section 
     for the preceding week.''.
       (b) Implementation.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     implement the electronic reporting system required by 
     subsection (d) of section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b), as amended by subsection (a). 
     Until the electronic reporting system is implemented, the 
     Secretary shall continue to conduct mandatory dairy product 
     information reporting under the authority of such section, as 
     in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

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