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Also tagged in: Animals, Business, Criminal justice, Environmental protection, Fines (Penalties), Food, Horses, Natural resources, Public lands, Wild animal trade, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife management
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Rule H. Res. 331 passed House. Bill TextTo restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. 4/26/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or transfer of any free-roaming horse or burro or its remains on U.S. public lands for consideration for processing into commercial products; and (2) repeal provisions permitting the sale of certain excess animals or their remains and excluding from criminal fine or imprisonment a person who processes or permits the processing of such animals' remains.
Also tagged in: Animals, Auctions, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Criminal justice, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Exhibitions, Fines (Penalties), Food, Horses, Humanities, Law, Protection of animals, Searches and seizures, Transportation
Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-229. Bill TextA bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes. 11/14/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Amends the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence: (1) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction that is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and (2) any horse [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural industries, Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Business, Consumers, Criminal justice, Department of Agriculture, Euthanasia, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Food, Labeling, Law, Livestock, Meat inspection, Medical care, Medicine, Protection of animals, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1193-1194) Bill TextA bill to amend the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes. 1/25/2007--Introduced. Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act of 2007 - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Animals, Auctions, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Criminal justice, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Exhibitions, Fines (Penalties), Food, Horses, Humanities, Law, Protection of animals, Searches and seizures, Transportation
Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Bill TextTo amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Amends the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence: (1) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction which is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and (2) any horse or other equine which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of such prohibition.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural industries, Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Business, Consumers, Criminal justice, Department of Agriculture, Euthanasia, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Food, Labeling, Law, Livestock, Meat inspection, Medical care, Medicine, Protection of animals, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Bill TextTo amend the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes. 1/24/2007--Introduced. Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2052-2053) Bill TextA bill to enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultural commodities. 2/15/2007--Introduced. Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to define specified terms. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters, which shall be headed by a Special Counsel for Competition Matters. States that the Office shall: (1) investigate and prosecute violations of this Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921; (2) serve as a liaison between the Department and the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector; and (3) maintain a staff of attorneys and other appropriate professionals. Prohibits unfair or deceptive agricultural commerce acts or practices respecting: (1) crops; (2) producer associations; and (3) agricultural production [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2721-2722) Bill TextA bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchased livestock from producers. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that 25% of a covered packer's daily kill comes through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers. Sets forth a different percentage through 2011 for covered packers who reported in the 2006 annual report that more than 75% of their livestock were captive supply livestock Defines "covered packer," "nonaffiliated producer," and "spot market sale."
Also tagged in: Agricultural prices, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Cattle, Competition, Contracts, Food, Livestock, Restrictive trade practices, Swine
Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4058-4059) Bill TextA bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts. 3/28/2007--Introduced. Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.
Also tagged in: Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Consumers, Criminal justice, Food, Food industry, Food safety, Fraud, Goats, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Identification devices, Livestock, Meat inspection, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that amenable species presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal or group of animals to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food and food product forward [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Animals, Antitrust law, Business, Competition, Corporate mergers, Department of Agriculture, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Family farms, Federal employees, Government employees, Governmental investigations, Law, Livestock, Poultry, Rural affairs
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to provide for the review of agricultural mergers and acquisitions by the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Agricultural Antitrust Matters who shall: (1) be responsible for oversight and coordination of agriculture-related antitrust and related matters; and (2) work in coordination with the Task Force and the Department of Agriculture on all agricultural competition matters. Establishes under the authority of the Attorney General the Agriculture Competition Task Force to examine problems in agricultural competition. Amends the Clayton Act to revise the defendant's burden of proof in agribusiness mergers in which the plaintiff is: (1) the federal or state government; or (2) any other plaintiff. Directs the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Bill TextTo amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require an active tuberculosis screening for any individual seeking employment with meat processing facilities or poultry processing facilities, and to prohibit the hiring of any individual who is determined to have active tuberculosis. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to: (1) require an active tuberculosis screening for any individual seeking employment with a poultry or meat processing facility; and (2) prohibit the hiring of any individual who is determined to have active tuberculosis (permits such person's future hiring if no longer determined to have active tuberculosis).
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Collection of accounts, Consumer education, Consumers, Defective products, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food industry, Food labeling, Food safety, Goats, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Judicial review, Law, Livestock, Meat, Meat inspection, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 09/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes. 9/6/2007--Introduced. Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Consumers, Food, Food industry, Food labeling, Food safety, Goats, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Livestock, Meat, Meat inspection, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 09/06/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committe Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of food, meat, and poultry products through enhanced traceability, and for other purposes. 9/6/2007--Introduced. Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2007 or TRACE Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food. States that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Animals, Antitrust law, Business, Competition, Corporate mergers, Department of Agriculture, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Family farms, Federal employees, Government employees, Governmental investigations, Law, Livestock, Poultry, Rural affairs
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to provide for the review of agricultural mergers and acquisitions by the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Agricultural Antitrust Matters who shall: (1) be responsible for oversight and coordination of agriculture-related antitrust and related matters; and (2) work in coordination with the Task Force and the Department of Agriculture on all agricultural competition matters. Establishes under the authority of the Attorney General the Agriculture Competition Task Force to examine problems in agricultural competition. Amends the Clayton Act to revise the defendant's burden of proof in agribusiness mergers in which the plaintiff is: (1) the federal or state government; or (2) any other plaintiff. Directs the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Appropriations, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Budgets, Business, Cattle, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Food, Food safety, Goats, Horses, Livestock, Meat inspection, Medical care, Medicine, Public contracts, Sheep
Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Bill TextTo prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to approve for human consumption animals that do not stand and walk unassisted. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to approve or contract with any person or entity to approve for human consumption any cow, sheep, pig, goat, or horse, mule, or other equine that does not stand and walk unassisted at any time while the animal is alive at a slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment.
Also tagged in: Agricultural prices, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Cattle, Competition, Contracts, Food, Livestock, Restrictive trade practices, Swine
Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Bill TextTo amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts. 5/8/2007--Introduced. Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.
Also tagged in: Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Business records, Cattle, Consumers, Criminal justice, Food, Food industry, Food safety, Fraud, Goats, Government information, Government paperwork, Horses, Identification devices, Livestock, Meat inspection, Poultry, Produce trade, Sheep, Swine
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to direct that amenable species presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary of Agriculture to trace: (1) each animal or group of animals to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food and food product forward [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Agricultural industries, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Competition, Contracts, Corporate management, Department of Agriculture, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal employees, Fines (Penalties), Food, Government attorneys, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Injunctions, Law, Legal fees, Legal services, Livestock, Marketing of farm produce, Poultry, Restrictive trade practices
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Bill TextTo enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultural commodities. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to define specified terms. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters, which shall be headed by a Special Counsel for Competition Matters. States that the Office shall: (1) investigate and prosecute violations of this Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921; (2) serve as a liaison between the Department and the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector; and (3) maintain a staff of attorneys and other appropriate professionals. Prohibits unfair or deceptive agricultural commerce acts or practices respecting: (1) crops; (2) producer associations; and (3) agricultural production [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Bonds, Business, Equipment and supplies, Food, Food industry, Food preservation, Income tax, Packaging, Taxation
Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property. 5/2/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of tax-exempt small issue bonds to finance the purchase of property or land used primarily for the processing of agricultural products.
Also tagged in: Agricultural prices, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Cattle, Competition, Contracts, Food, Livestock, Restrictive trade practices, Swine
Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4058-4059) Bill TextA bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts. 3/28/2007--Introduced. Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.
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