S 960 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Captive Supply Reform Act

Introduced Apr 28, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Latest action · Apr 28, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 28, 2005
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2005 to Jan 25, 2006; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Apr 28, 2005
R-WY	Craig Thomas	Original	Apr 28, 2005
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	Apr 28, 2005
D-ND	Kent Conrad		Jul 14, 2005
R-IA	Chuck Grassley		Jan 25, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee	Referred Apr 28, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 28, 2005Introduced in Senate
Apr 28, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4572-4573)
Apr 28, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S4572	Michael B. Enzi R-WY	Apr 28, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL33037	Previewing a 2007 Farm Bill Archived	Report	Jan 3, 2007

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 4257	Captive Supply Reform Act	Identical bill	Nov 8, 2005

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts.
Short Titles as Introduced: Captive Supply Reform Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 28, 2005Introduced in Senate

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