Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021
Latest action · Dec 2, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2021 to Dec 8, 2021; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Original | Nov 17, 2021 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Original | Nov 17, 2021 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Nov 17, 2021 |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Original | Nov 17, 2021 |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Original | Nov 17, 2021 |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Dec 8, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2021 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Dec 2, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Nov 17, 2021Introduced in House
- Nov 17, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H982 | Randy Feenstra R-IA | Feb 7, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7490 | Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IA | Dec 8, 2021 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 200, November 17, 2021, page H6370.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-32 | AN EXAMINATION OF PRICE DISCREPANCIES, TRANSPARENCY, AND ALLEGED UNFAIR PRACTICES IN CATTLE MARKETS182 pages | Agriculture Committee | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Serial No. 117-26 | TO REVIEW THE STATE OF THE RURAL ECONOMY WITH AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TOM VILSACK241 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jan 20, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 543 | Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021 | Related bill | Mar 2, 2021 |
| S 3229 | Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Nov 17, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a cattle contract library, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
