United States · Bill · S
S. 4030 (117th)
Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022
Introduced
7 April 2022
Last action
11 July 2022 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
Sponsors
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY], Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
30 May 2026
Summary
Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take various actions to address transparency in contract terms and pricing in the cattle industry. Among these requirements, USDA must maintain a publicly available library or catalog of contracts entered into between meat packers and livestock producers for the purchase of cattle, including any schedules of premiums or discounts associated with the contracts and other specific details. USDA must make this information available to producers and other interested parties in a monthly report. The bill further requires USDA to establish five to seven regions encompassing the entire continental United States that reasonably reflect similar fed cattle purchase practices for processing plants and establish mandatory minimums for each region (i.e., the minimum percentage of cattle purchases that are required to be made through approved pricing mechanisms from producers that are not packers). Under the bill, approved pricing mechanisms are generally purchases of fed cattle made through a negotiated purchase, through a negotiated grid purchase, at a stockyard, or through trading systems or platforms where multiple buyers and sellers can regularly make and accept bids and offers. The bill also establishes a maximum penalty for mandatory minimum violations by covered packers. Under the bill, a covered packer is a packer that has slaughtered an average of 5% or more of the number of fed cattle slaughtered nationally during the immediately preceding five calendar years.
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Timeline
7 April 2022
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Source: IntroReferral
7 April 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2022
Committee
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-603.
Source: Committee
22 June 2022
Reported
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
11 July 2022
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
Source: Calendars
11 July 2022
Reported
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Stabenow with an amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
11 July 2022
Reported
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Stabenow with an amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
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Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023
- related to ← Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4030
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/4030
- us · 117-s-4030 · source updated 30 May 2026