US Congress House Bill 4284 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.

Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]

Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
2012-03-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

SB2141 (Same As) 2012-02-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1150)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4284/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4284/BILLS-112hr4284ih.pdf