I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8489 
To make improvements with respect to the pricing of cattle in the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2020 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. 
EMMER, and Mr. SMITH of Missouri) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Foreign 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To make improvements with respect to the pricing of cattle 
in the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Price Reform In Cattle Economics Act’’ or the ‘‘PRICE 
Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Membership of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
States. 
Sec. 3. Overtime and holiday fee relief for small meat, poultry, and egg proc-
essing plants. 
Sec. 4. Interstate internet sales of certain State-inspected meat allowed. 
Sec. 5. Interstate internet sales of certain State-inspected poultry allowed. 
Sec. 6. Assistance for new and expanded livestock or meat processors. 
Sec. 7. New and expanding livestock or meat processing grants. 
Sec. 8. Research on meat and poultry processing facilities. 
Sec. 9. Improving farm management knowledge and skills for livestock pro-
ducers. 
Sec. 10. Feasibility study on implementing requirements with respect to re-
ported negotiated cash sales of cattle to individual packing 
plants. 
Sec. 11. Cattle contract library. 
Sec. 12. Dissemination to farm and agricultural workers of information and 
training on best practices used to respond to the COVID–19 
pandemic. 
Sec. 13. Cover crops planted due to prevented planting. 
Sec. 14. Emergency use of CRP land during pandemic. 
SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN IN-
VESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 721(k)(2) of the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)(2)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(H) 
through (J) as subparagraphs (I) through (K), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(H) The Secretary of Agriculture.’’. 
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SEC. 3. OVERTIME AND HOLIDAY FEE RELIEF FOR SMALL 
MEAT, 
POULTRY, 
AND 
EGG 
PROCESSING 
PLANTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED ACT.—The term ‘‘covered Act’’ 
means— 
(A) the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
(B) the Poultry Products Inspection Act 
(21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.); and 
(C) the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 1031 et seq.). 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The term ‘‘establish-
ment’’ means— 
(A) a meat establishment subject to the re-
quirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
(21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
(B) a poultry establishment subject to the 
requirements of the Poultry Products Inspec-
tion Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.); and 
(C) an egg products processing plant sub-
ject to the requirements of the Egg Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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(4) SMALL ESTABLISHMENT; VERY SMALL ES-
TABLISHMENT.—The terms ‘‘small establishment’’ 
and ‘‘very small establishment’’ have the meaning 
given those terms in the final rule entitled ‘‘Patho-
gen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control 
Point (HACCP) Systems’’ (61 Fed. Reg. 38806 
(July 25, 1996)). 
(b) OVERTIME AND HOLIDAY FEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for an inspection of an establish-
ment conducted pursuant to a covered Act, the Sec-
retary shall discount the rate charged— 
(A) by not less than 30 percent of the 
overtime and holiday published rate in the case 
of a small establishment; and 
(B) by not less than 75 percent of the 
overtime and holiday published rate in the case 
of a very small establishment. 
(2) RULEMAKING; RETROACTIVE IMPLEMENTA-
TION.—Not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 
(A) complete a rulemaking establishing the 
discounted rates required under paragraph (1); 
and 
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