HR 582 IH 

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 582

To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with administrative authority to investigate live poultry dealers, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 5, 2003

Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mr. PRICE of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL

To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with administrative authority to investigate live poultry dealers, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REGULATION OF COMMERCE IN POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS UNDER PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT, 1921.

    (a) REMOVAL OF POULTRY SLAUGHTER REQUIREMENT FROM DEFINITIONS- Section 2(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 182), is amended--
      (1) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following new paragraph:
    `(8) The term `poultry grower' means any person engaged in the business of raising or caring for live poultry under a poultry growing arrangement, whether the poultry is owned by such person or by another person;';
      (2) in paragraph (9), by striking `and cares for live poultry for delivery, in accord with another's instructions, for slaughter' and inserting `or cares for live poultry in accordance with another person's instructions'; and
      (3) in paragraph (10), by striking `for the purpose of either slaughtering it or selling it for slaughter by another'.
    (b) ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OVER LIVE POULTRY DEALERS- Sections 203, 204, and 205 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 193, 194, 195) are amended by inserting `or live poultry dealer' after `packer' each place it appears.
    (c) AUTHORITY TO REQUEST TEMPORARY INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER- Section 408 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 228a) is amended by striking `on account of poultry' and inserting `on account of poultry or poultry care'.
    (d) VIOLATIONS BY LIVE POULTRY DEALERS- Section 411 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 228b-2) is amended--
      (1) in subsection (a), by striking `of section 207 or section 410'; and
      (2) in subsection (b), by striking `provisions of section 207 or section 410' and inserting `provision'.
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