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Union Calendar No. 95 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2051 

[Report No. 114–132] 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock 

mandatory price reporting requirements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2015 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, and Mr. ROUZER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

MAY 29, 2015 

Additional sponsor: Mr. BLUM

MAY 29, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 28, 2015] 

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A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend 

the livestock mandatory price reporting requirements, 

and for other purposes. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE . 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mandatory Price Re5 porting Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORT7 ING. 

8 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 260 of the 

9 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

12 (b) EMERGENCY AUTHORITY.—Section 212(12)(C) of 

13 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 

14 1635a(12)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including any 

15 day on which any Department employee is on shutdown 

16 or emergency furlough as a result of a lapse in appropria17 tions’’ after ‘‘conduct business’’. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 942 of the 

19 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 

20 note; Public Law 106–78) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep21 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

22 SEC. 3. SWINE REPORTING. 

23 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 231 of the Agricultural 

24 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i) is amended— 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (22) 

2 as paragraphs (10) through (23), respectively; 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol4 lowing new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(9) NEGOTIATED FORMULA PURCHASE.—The 

6 term ‘negotiated formula purchase’ means a purchase 

7 of swine by a packer from a producer under which— 

8 ‘‘(A) the pricing mechanism is a formula 

9 price for which the formula is determined by ne10 gotiation on a lot-by-lot basis; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the swine are scheduled for delivery to 

12 the packer not later than 14 days after the date 

13 on which the formula is negotiated and swine 

14 are committed to the packer.’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (12)(A) (as so redesignated), 

16 by inserting ‘‘negotiated formula purchase,’’ after 

17 ‘‘pork market formula purchase,’’; and 

18 (4) in paragraph (23) (as so redesignated)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

20 at the end; 

21 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

22 subparagraph (E); and 

23 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 

24 following new subparagraph: 

25 ‘‘(D) a negotiated formula purchase; and’’. 

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1 (b) DAILY REPORTING.—Section 232(c) of the Agricul2 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635j(c)) is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking clause (ii) 

5 and inserting the following new clause: 

6 ‘‘(ii) PRICE DISTRIBUTIONS.—The in7 formation published by the Secretary under 

8 clause (i) shall include— 

9 ‘‘(I) a distribution of net prices in 

10 the range between and including the 

11 lowest net price and the highest net 

12 price reported; 

13 ‘‘(II) a delineation of the number 

14 of barrows and gilts at each reported 

15 price level or, at the option of the Sec16 retary, the number of barrows and gilts 

17 within each of a series of reasonable 

18 price bands within the range of prices; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(III) the total number and 

21 weighted average price of barrows and 

22 gilts purchased through negotiated pur23 chases and negotiated formula pur24 chases.’’; and 

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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 

2 following new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(C) LATE IN THE DAY REPORT INFORMA4 TION.—The Secretary shall include in the morn5 ing report and the afternoon report for the fol6 lowing day any information required to be re7 ported under subparagraph (A) that is obtained 

8 after the time of the reporting day specified in 

9 such subparagraph.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. LAMB REPORTING. 

11 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 

13 59.300 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, so that— 

14 (1) the definition of the term ‘‘importer’’— 

15 (A) includes only those importers that im16 ported an average of 1,000 metric tons of lamb 

17 meat products per year during the immediately 

18 preceding 4 calendar years; and 

19 (B) may include any person that does not 

20 meet the requirement referred to in subpara21 graph (A), if the Secretary determines that the 

22 person should be considered an importer based 

23 on their volume of lamb imports; and 

24 (2) the definition of the term ‘‘packer’’— 

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1 (A) applies to any entity with 50 percent or 

2 more ownership in a facility; 

3 (B) includes a federally inspected lamb 

4 processing plant which slaughtered or processed 

5 the equivalent of an average of 35,000 head of 

6 lambs per year during the immediately pre7 ceding 5 calendar years; and 

8 (C) may include any other lamb processing 

9 plant that did not meet the requirement referred 

10 to in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary deter11 mines that the processing plant should be consid12 ered a packer after considering its capacity. 

13 SEC. 5. STUDY ON LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, act15 ing through the Agricultural Marketing Service in conjunc16 tion with the Office of the Chief Economist and in consulta17 tion with cattle, swine, and lamb producers, packers, and 

18 other market participants, shall conduct a study on the pro19 gram of information regarding the marketing of cattle, 

20 swine, lambs, and products of such livestock under subtitle 

21 B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635 

22 et seq.). Such study shall— 

23 (1) analyze current marketing practices in the 

24 cattle, swine, and lamb markets; 

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1 (2) identify legislative or regulatory rec2 ommendations made by cattle, swine, and lamb pro3 ducers, packers, and other market participants to en4 sure that information provided under such pro5 gram— 

6 (A) can be readily understood by producers, 

7 packers, and other market participants; 

8 (B) reflects current marketing practices; 

9 and 

10 (C) is relevant and useful to producers, 

11 packers, and other market participants; 

12 (3) analyze the price and supply information re13 porting services of the Department of Agriculture re14 lated to cattle, swine, and lamb; and 

15 (4) address any other issues that the Secretary 

16 considers appropriate. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2020, the 

18 Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on 

19 Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Com20 mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 

21 a report containing the findings of the study conducted 

22 under subsection (a). 

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Union Calendar No. 95 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2051 

[Report No. 114–132] 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

requirements, and for other purposes. to extend the livestock mandatory price reporting 

MAY 29, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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