S. 3229 · 117th Congress
Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021
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FischerSponsor17 cosponsors · 9 D, 8 R
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Braun
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Cassidy
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Daines
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Ernst
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Grassley
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Hyde-Smith
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Luján
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Smith
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Tester
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Wyden
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Durbin
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Heinrich
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Blumenthal
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Gillibrand
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Lummis
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Hawley10 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take various actions to address transparency in pricing and contract terms in the cattle industry.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Nov 17, 2021
Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take various actions to address transparency in pricing and contract terms in the cattle industry.
Among these requirements, USDA must (1) establish regional minimum percentages of cattle that meat packers must procure through negotiated purchases or negotiated grid purchases (i.e., transactions where the price is known and negotiated at the time of the transaction), and (2) maintain a publicly available catalog of contracts offered by meat packers to livestock producers for the purchase of fed cattle.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021
Latest action (Nov 17, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 17, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.