Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010
PL 111-239 (S.3656), enacted 09/27/2010

124 STAT. 2501 
PUBLIC LAW 111–239—SEPT. 27, 2010 
Public Law 111–239 
111th Congress 
An Act 
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 Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mandatory Price Reporting 
Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION.—Section 942 
of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 
1635 note; Public Law 106–78) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 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 informa-
tion concerning the price and volume of wholesale pork cuts, as 
the Secretary determines is necessary and appropriate. 
‘‘(b) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish information 
reported under subsection (a) as the Secretary determines necessary 
and appropriate.’’. 
(2) NEGOTIATED
RULEMAKING.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a negotiated rulemaking process pursu-
ant to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
Code, to negotiate and develop a proposed rule to implement 
the amendment made by paragraph (1). 
(3) NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING COMMITTEE.— 
(A) REPRESENTATION.—Any negotiated rulemaking 
committee established by the Secretary of Agriculture 
pursuant to paragraph (2) shall include representatives 
from— 
(i) organizations representing swine producers; 
7 USC 1635k 
note. 
7 USC 1635k. 
7 USC 1621 note. 
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(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 participate in 
swine or pork production. 
(B) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
ACT.—Any negotiated rulemaking committee established by 
the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (2) 
shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee 
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 Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘cotton,’’ and inserting ‘‘cotton, pork,’’. 
SEC. 3. DAIRY MANDATORY REPORTING. 
(a) ELECTRONIC REPORTING REQUIRED.—Subsection (d) of sec-
tion 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ELECTRONIC REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEM REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary 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 information 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 imple-
ment the electronic reporting system required by subsection (d) 
of section 273 of the Agricultural 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 
7 USC 1637b 
note. 
Recommenda- 
tions. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3656: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
Aug. 5, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 15, considered and passed House. 
of such section, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
Approved September 27, 2010. 
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