‘‘(II) precludes the producer from 
soliciting or receiving bids from other 
packers. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL RULE.—Of the quantity of livestock 
that is slaughtered by a covered packer during each re-
porting day in each plant, the covered packer shall slaugh-
ter not less than the applicable percentage specified in 
subsection (c) of the quantity through spot market sales 
from nonaffiliated producers. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the applicable percentage shall be 50 per-
cent. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—In the case of a covered 
packer that reported to the Secretary in the 2020 
annual report that more than 60 percent of the live-
stock of the covered packer were committed procure-
ment livestock, the applicable percentage shall be the 
greater of— 
‘‘(A) the difference between the percentage 
of committed procurement so reported and 100 
percent; and 
‘‘(B)(i) during each of calendar years 2024 
and 2025, 20 percent; 
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‘‘(ii) during each of calendar years 2026 
and 2027, 30 percent; and 
‘‘(iii) during calendar year 2028 and each 
calendar year thereafter, 50 percent. 
‘‘(d) NONPREEMPTION.—This section does not pre-
empt any requirement of a State or political subdivision 
of a State that requires a covered packer to purchase on 
the spot market a greater percentage of the livestock pur-
chased by the covered packer than is required under this 
section.’’. 
SEC. 204. INVESTIGATION OF LIVE POULTRY DEALERS. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY 
OVER LIVE POULTRY DEALERS.—Sections 203, 204, and 
205 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 
193, 194, 195), are amended by inserting ‘‘, live poultry 
dealer,’’ after ‘‘packer’’ each place it appears. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO REQUEST TEMPORARY INJUNC-
TION OR RESTRAINING ORDER.—Section 408(a) of the 
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 228a(a)), is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or poultry care’’ after ‘‘on account 
of poultry’’. 
(c) VIOLATIONS BY LIVE POULTRY DEALERS.—Sec-
tion 411 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
U.S.C. 228b–2), is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘any provision of section 207 or section 410 
of’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘any provisions of section 207 or section 
410’’ and inserting ‘‘any provision’’. 
SEC. 205. AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES. 
Section 204 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 
(7 U.S.C. 194), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) ATTORNEY’S FEE.—The court shall award a rea-
sonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs to a prevailing 
plaintiff in a civil action under this section.’’. 
SEC. 206. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) Section 203 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
1921 (7 U.S.C. 193), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he shall cause’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary shall cause’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘his charges’’ and inserting 
‘‘the charges’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘he shall make a report in writing in which 
he shall state his findings’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall make a report in writing in which the 
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Secretary shall state the findings of the Secretary’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘he’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(b) Section 204 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
1921 (7 U.S.C. 194), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘he has his’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the packer, live poultry dealer, or 
swine contractor has the’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘his officers, 
directors, agents, and employees’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
officers, directors, agents, and employees of the 
packer, live poultry dealer, or swine packer’’; 
(3) in subsection (f), in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘his findings’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the findings of the Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘his officers, 
directors, agents, and employees’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
officers, directors, agents, and employees of the 
packer, live poultry dealer, or swine packer’’. 
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TITLE III—LABELING OF MEAT 
AND DAIRY PRODUCTS 
SEC. 301. RESTORATION OF MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORI-
GIN LABELING FOR BEEF AND PORK; INCLU-
SION OF DAIRY PRODUCTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 281 of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2) 
through (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (4) 
through (7), (9), and (10), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(1) BEEF.—The term ‘beef’ means meat pro-
duced from cattle (including veal).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘lamb’’ 
and inserting ‘‘beef, lamb, pork,’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘ground 
lamb’’ and inserting ‘‘ground beef, ground 
lamb, ground pork,’’; 
(iii) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(iv) in clause (xi), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xii) dairy products.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘(other than clause (xii) of that subpara-
graph)’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(3) DAIRY PRODUCT.—The term ‘dairy prod-
uct’ means— 
‘‘(A) fluid milk; 
‘‘(B) cheese, including cottage cheese and 
cream cheese; 
‘‘(C) yogurt; 
‘‘(D) ice cream; 
‘‘(E) butter; and 
‘‘(F) any other dairy product.’’; and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (7) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(8) PORK.—The term ‘pork’ means meat pro-
duced from hogs.’’. 
(b) NOTICE
OF
COUNTRY
OF
ORIGIN.—Section 
282(a) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1638a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(5) DESIGNATION
OF
COUNTRY
OF
ORIGIN 
FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A retailer of a covered 
commodity that is a dairy product shall des-
ignate the origin of the covered commodity as— 
‘‘(i) each country in which or from 
which the 1 or more dairy ingredients or 
dairy components of the covered com-
modity were produced, originated, or 
sourced; and 
‘‘(ii) each country in which the cov-
ered commodity was processed. 
‘‘(B) STATE, REGION, LOCALITY OF THE 
UNITED
STATES.—With respect to a covered 
commodity that is a dairy product produced ex-
clusively in the United States, designation by a 
retailer of the State, region, or locality of the 
United States where the covered commodity 
was produced shall be sufficient to identify the 
United States as the country of origin.’’. 
SEC. 302. TRUTH IN LABELING FOR MEAT AND MEAT FOOD 
PRODUCTS. 
Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(g) PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES.—The label 
of a meat or meat food product may bear the phrase 
‘Product of U.S.A.’, or any substantially similar word or 
phrase, only if the meat or meat food product is exclusively 
derived from 1 or more animals exclusively born, raised, 
and slaughtered in the United States.’’. 
Æ 
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