Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to: (1) extend reporting requirements for livestock daily markets through September 30, 2015; (2) establish mandatory reporting for wholesale pork cuts; and (3) direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish, and implement within one year, an electronic price reporting system for dairy products.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5852 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5852
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to improve the
reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 26, 2010
Mr. Peterson (for himself, Mr. Baca, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Conaway, Mr.
Cuellar, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr.
Holden, Mr. Kagen, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Kissell, Mrs. Lummis, Ms.
Markey of Colorado, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr.
Scott of Georgia, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, and Mr. Walz) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
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 ``September 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
information 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 Agriculture
shall establish a negotiated rulemaking process pursuant 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;
(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 Agricultural
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 section 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 Secretary
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 implement 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 of such section, as
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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