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Union Calendar No. 601 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5883 
[Report No. 114–768] 
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to clarify the duties 
relating to services furnished in connection with the buying or selling 
of livestock in commerce through online, video, or other electronic meth-
ods, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mr. ROUZER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. BARR, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, 
Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. COSTA, Mr. YOUNG of 
Iowa, Mr. JONES, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, and Mr. PITTENGER 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
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 July 14, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to clarify 
the duties relating to services furnished in connection 
with the buying or selling of livestock in commerce 
through online, video, or other electronic methods, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Clarification of Treat-
ment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MARKET AGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(c) of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 201(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting 
a period; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of the Clarification 
of Treatment of Electronic Sales of Livestock Act of 
2016, such term includes any person who engages in 
the business of buying or selling livestock, on a com-
mission or other fee basis, through the use of online, 
video, or other electronic methods when handling or 
providing the means to handle receivables or proceeds 
from such buying or selling, so long as such person’s 
annual average of online, video, or electronic sales of 
livestock, on a commission or other fee basis, exceeds 
$250,000.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 301 of the 
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 201) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘When used in this Act—’’ and inserting ‘‘In 
this Act:’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon 
at the end and inserting a period; and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘weighting’’ and inserting 
‘‘weighing’’; and 
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end and 
inserting a period. 
SEC. 3. METHODS TO TRANSFER FUNDS. 
Section 409(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
1921 (7 U.S.C. 228b(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the first proviso, by striking ‘‘shall wire 
transfer funds to the seller’s account’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘shall transfer funds for the 
full amount of the purchase price to the account of the 
seller by wire, electronic funds transfer, or any other 
expeditious method determined appropriate by the 
Secretary’’; and 
(2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘or dealer 
shall wire transfer funds’’ and inserting ‘‘or dealer 
shall transfer funds for the full amount of the pur-
chase price by wire, electronic funds transfer, or any 
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other expeditious method determined appropriate by 
the Secretary’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 601 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5883 
[Report No. 114–768] 
A BILL 
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, 
to clarify the duties relating to services furnished 
in connection with the buying or selling of live-
stock in commerce through online, video, or other 
electronic methods, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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