United States · Bill · S
S. 27 (108th)
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.
Introduced
7 January 2003
Last action
7 January 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S42)
Sponsors
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit livestock packers from owning, controlling, or feeding livestock to such an extent that the producer no longer materially participates in the management of the operation, with exceptions for: (1) animals held for not more than seven days before slaughter; (2) certain cooperatives that own, control or feed livestock and provide such livestock for slaughter; (3) packers that are not required to report price and quantity information on each reporting day; or (4) packers that own one livestock processing plant.
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Timeline
7 January 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S42)
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S42)
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 7 January 2003 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/27
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/27
- us · 108-s-27 · source updated 14 January 2025