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Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock
intended for slaughter. (Introduced in House)
HR 719 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 719
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer
to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2003
Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Mr. LEACH, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr.
POMEROY, Mr. JANKLOW, and Mr. BEREUTER) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful for a packer
to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PACKERS OWNING, FEEDING, OR CONTROLLING LIVESTOCK.
(a) PROHIBITION- Section 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C.
192), is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h),
respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):
`(f) Own or feed livestock directly, through a subsidiary, or through an
arrangement that gives the packer operational, managerial, or supervisory
control over the livestock, or over the farming operation that produces the
livestock, to such an extent that the producer is no longer materially
participating in the management of the operation with respect to the
production of the livestock, except that this subsection shall not apply to--
`(1) an arrangement entered into within 7 days (excluding any Saturday or
Sunday) before slaughter of the livestock by a packer, a person acting
through the packer, or a person that directly or indirectly controls, or is
controlled by or under common control with, the packer;
`(2) a cooperative or entity owned by a cooperative, if a majority of the
ownership interest in the cooperative is held by active cooperative members
that--
`(A) own, feed, or control livestock; and
`(B) provide the livestock to the cooperative for slaughter;
`(3) a packer that is not required to report to the Secretary on each
reporting day (as defined in section 212 of the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635a)) information on the price and quantity of livestock
purchased by the packer; or
`(4) a packer that owns one livestock processing plant; or'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE-
(1) IN GENERAL- Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by subsection
(a) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) TRANSITION RULES- In the case of a packer that, on the date of enactment
of this Act, owns, feeds, or controls livestock intended for slaughter in
violation of section 202(f) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (as
added by subsection (a)), such section shall not apply to the packer--
(A) in the case of a packer of swine, until the end of the 18-month period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) in the case of a packer of any other type of livestock, until such
date as the Secretary of Agriculture considers practicable, but not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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