I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5852 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to improve the reporting 
on sales of livestock and dairy products, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2010 
Mr. PETERSON (for himself, Mr. BACA, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. HERSETH 
SANDLIN, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KISSELL, 
Mrs. LUMMIS, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MORAN of 
Kansas, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, 
and Mr. WALZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to improve 
the reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products, 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mandatory Price Re-
porting Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 260 of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
AND
EXTEN-
SION.—Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Re-
porting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public 
Law 106–78) is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
(b) WHOLESALE PORK CUTS.— 
(1) REPORTING.—Chapter 3 of subtitle B of 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1635i et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 233. MANDATORY REPORTING OF WHOLESALE PORK 
CUTS. 
‘‘(a) REPORTING.—The corporate officers or officially 
designated representatives of each packer shall report to 
the Secretary information concerning the price and volume 
of wholesale pork cuts, as the Secretary determines is nec-
essary and appropriate. 
‘‘(b) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish in-
formation reported under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
determines necessary and appropriate.’’. 
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(2) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture shall establish a negotiated rule-
making process pursuant to subchapter III of chap-
ter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to negotiate and 
develop a proposed rule to implement the amend-
ment made by paragraph (1). 
(3) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING COMMITTEE.— 
(A) REPRESENTATION.—Any negotiated 
rulemaking committee established by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (2) 
shall include representatives from— 
(i) organizations representing swine 
producers; 
(ii) organizations representing packers 
of pork, processors of pork, retailers of 
pork, and buyers of wholesale pork; 
(iii) the Department of Agriculture; 
and 
(iv) among interested parties that par-
ticipate in swine or pork production. 
(B) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE ACT.—Any negotiated rule-
making committee established by the Secretary 
of Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 
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not be subject to the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(4) TIMING OF PROPOSED AND FINAL RULES.— 
In carrying out the negotiated rulemaking process 
under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall ensure that— 
(A) any recommendation for a proposed 
rule or report is provided to the Secretary of 
Agriculture not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) a final rule is promulgated not later 
than one and a half years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) PORK EXPORT REPORTING.—Section 602(a)(1) 
of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 
5712(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘cotton,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘cotton, pork,’’. 
SEC. 3. DAIRY MANDATORY REPORTING. 
(a) ELECTRONIC
REPORTING
REQUIRED.—Sub-
section (d) of section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) ELECTRONIC REPORTING.— 
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‘‘(1) ELECTRONIC
REPORTING
SYSTEM
RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary shall establish an electronic 
reporting system to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 3:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the Wednesday of each week, the 
Secretary shall publish a report containing the infor-
mation obtained under this section for the preceding 
week.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall implement the electronic reporting sys-
tem required by subsection (d) of section 273 of the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b), as 
amended by subsection (a). Until the electronic reporting 
system is implemented, the Secretary shall continue to 
conduct mandatory dairy product information reporting 
under the authority of such section, as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
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