SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cattle Contract Li-
brary Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. CATTLE CONTRACT LIBRARY. 
Chapter 2 of subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635d et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 224. CATTLE CONTRACT LIBRARY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and 
maintain a library or catalog of each type of contract of-
fered by packers to producers for the purchase of all or 
part of the producers’ production of fed cattle (including 
cattle that are purchased or committed for delivery), in-
cluding any schedules of premiums or discounts associated 
with the contract. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION COLLECTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To maintain the library or 
catalog established under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall obtain information from each packer on 
each type of contract of the packer by requiring a 
filing or other form of information submission from 
each packer. 
‘‘(2) CONTRACTED CATTLE INFORMATION.—In-
formation submitted to the Secretary by a packer
under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to 
each contract of a packer— 
‘‘(A) the type of contract; 
‘‘(B) the duration of the contract; 
‘‘(C) all contract summary information; 
‘‘(D) provisions in the contract that may 
affect the price of cattle covered by the contract 
including— 
‘‘(i) base price; 
‘‘(ii) schedules of premiums or dis-
counts; and 
‘‘(iii) transportation arrangements; 
‘‘(E) the total number of cattle covered by 
the contract solely committed to the packer 
each week within the 6-month and 12-month 
periods following the date of the contract, by 
reporting region; 
‘‘(F) in the case of a contract in which a 
specific number of cattle are not solely com-
mitted to the packer— 
‘‘(i) an indication that the contract is 
an open commitment; and 
‘‘(ii) any weekly, monthly, annual, or 
other limitations on the number of cattle
that may be delivered to the packer under 
the contract; and 
‘‘(G) a description of the provisions in the 
contract that provide for expansion in the com-
mitted numbers of fed cattle to be delivered 
under the contract for the 6-month and 12- 
month periods following the date of the con-
tract. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) LIBRARY CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall 
make publicly available in a user-friendly format a 
summary of the information collected for each type 
of contract under subsection (b), including notice 
(on a real-time basis, if practicable) of the types of 
contracts that are being offered by packers to, and 
are open to acceptance by, producers for the pur-
chase of fed cattle. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Beginning not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the library or 
catalog is established under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall make publicly available weekly or 
monthly reports for producers and other interested 
persons, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) based on the information collected 
under subsection (b)(2)(E), the total number of
fed cattle committed under contracts for deliv-
ery to packers within the 6-month and 12- 
month periods following the date of the report, 
organized by reporting region and type of con-
tract; 
‘‘(B) based on the information collected 
under subsection (b)(2)(F), the number of con-
tracts with an open commitment along with any 
weekly, monthly, annual or other limitations on 
the number of cattle that may be delivered 
under such contracts; and 
‘‘(C) based on the information collected 
under subsection (b)(2)(G), the total maximum 
number of fed cattle that may be delivered 
within the 6-month and 12-month periods fol-
lowing the date of the report, organized by re-
porting region and type of contract. 
‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARY OR CATALOG.—In-
formation in the library or catalog established under sub-
section (a) about types of contracts that are no longer of-
fered or in use shall be labeled as inactive in the library 
or catalog. 
‘‘(e) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The publication of infor-
mation under this section shall be subject to the confiden-
tiality protections provided under section 251 of the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636). 
‘‘(f) VIOLATIONS.—It shall be unlawful and a viola-
tion of this Act for any packer to willfully fail or refuse— 
‘‘(1) to provide to the Secretary accurate infor-
mation required under this section; or 
‘‘(2) to comply with any other requirement of 
this section. 
‘‘(g) PRODUCER EDUCATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Service and in coordination with the Director 
of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 
shall make competitive grants to eligible entities for 
producer outreach and education efforts on best uses 
of cattle market information, including information 
made available through the livestock mandatory re-
porting program and the catalog or library estab-
lished under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting grant 
recipients under this section, the Secretary shall give 
priority to eligible entities that— 
‘‘(A) demonstrate an ability to work di-
rectly with cattle producers;