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S. 1738 (106th)

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.

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Introduced

15 October 1999

Last action

15 October 1999 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

Sponsors

Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

14 January 2025

Agriculture

Summary

Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter, with exceptions for: (1) a cooperative whose majority membership owns, feeds, or controls the livestock that the cooperative slaughters; or (2) a packer, owned or controlled by producers of a type of livestock, that slaughters less than two percent of such livestock slaughtered annually in the United States.

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Timeline

  1. 15 October 1999

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 15 October 1999

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12696-12697)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 October 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

Documents

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  • Introduced in Senate (text)

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