[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4261. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Daines, and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR FOR COMPETITION 
                   MATTERS.

       The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, is amended by 
     inserting after section 210 (7 U.S.C. 197c) the following:

     ``SEC. 211. OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR FOR 
                   COMPETITION MATTERS.

       ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the 
     Packers and Stockyards Division of the Department of 
     Agriculture an office, to be known as the `Office of the 
     Special Investigator for Competition Matters' (referred to in 
     this section as the `Office').
       ``(b) Special Investigator for Competition Matters.--The 
     Office shall be headed by the Special Investigator for 
     Competition Matters (referred to in this section as the 
     `Special Investigator'), who shall be appointed by the 
     Secretary.
       ``(c) Duties.--The Special Investigator shall--
       ``(1) use all available tools, including subpoenas, to 
     investigate and prosecute violations of this Act by packers;
       ``(2) serve as a Department of Agriculture liaison to, and 
     act in consultation with, the Department of Justice and the 
     Federal Trade Commission with respect to competition and 
     trade practices in the food and agricultural sector;
       ``(3) act in consultation with the Department of Homeland 
     Security with respect to national security and critical 
     infrastructure security in the food and agricultural sector; 
     and
       ``(4) maintain a staff of attorneys and other professionals 
     with appropriate expertise.
       ``(d) Prosecutorial Authority.--Notwithstanding title 28, 
     United States Code, the Special Investigator shall have the 
     authority to bring any civil or administrative action 
     authorized under this Act against a packer.''.
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