To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to expand the pilot investigation
for the collection of information regarding prices paid for the procurement
of cattle and sheep for... (Introduced in the House)
HR 169 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 169
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to expand the pilot investigation
for the collection of information regarding prices paid for the procurement
of cattle and sheep for slaughter and of muscle cuts of beef and lamb to
include swine and muscle cuts of swine.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 1999
Mr. LATHAM (for himself, Mr. LEACH, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. THUNE,
and Mr. HILL of Montana) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to expand the pilot investigation
for the collection of information regarding prices paid for the procurement
of cattle and sheep for slaughter and of muscle cuts of beef and lamb to
include swine and muscle cuts of swine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF MANDATORY DOMESTIC REPORTING PILOT INVESTIGATION
UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT, 1921.
(a) INCLUSION OF SWINE; REFERENCE TO FORWARD CONTRACTING- Section 416
of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (as added by section 1127 of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in section 101(a) of division
A of Public Law 105-277), is amended--
(1) in both paragraphs (1) and (2)--
(A) by striking `beef, or' and inserting `beef,'; and
(B) by inserting after `lamb,' the following: `or domestic or imported
swine for immediate slaughter and fresh muscle cuts of swine,'; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the
following: `, including procurement of these items using transactions known
as forward-contracting'.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS- Such section is further amended by redesignating
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively.
(c) DURATION OF SWINE PILOT INVESTIGATION- Such section is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(d) POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF PILOT INVESTIGATION- If the pilot investigation
required by this section is implemented before the date on which the pilot
investigation is expanded to include swine, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall continue the pilot investigation beyond the 12-month period referred
to in subsection (a) so that price information regarding the procurement
of domestic or imported swine for immediate slaughter and fresh muscle
cuts of swine is collected under the pilot investigation for 12 months.'.