,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #d1 #bjag,mr4
 ,grassley introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,packers and ,stockyards  
,act1 #aiba1 to make it unlawful for a  
packer to own1 feed1 or control         
livestock intended for slaughter4  #a4  
,prohibition on packers owning1 feeding1
 or controlling livestock  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #bjb of the ,packers   
and ,stockyards ,act1 #aiba 7#g         
,u4,s4,c4 #aib71 is amended--  7#a7 by  
redesignating subsections 7f7 and 7g7 as
 subsections 7g7 and 7h71 respectively2 
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7e7  
the following3  7f7 ,own or feed        
livestock directly1 through a           
subsidiary1 or through an arrangement   
that gives the packer operational1      
managerial1 or supervisory control over 
the livestock1 or over the farming      

operation that produces the livestock1  
to such an extent that the producer is  
no longer materially participating in   
the management of the operation with    
respect to the production of the        
livestock1 except that this subsection  
shall not apply to--  7#a7 an           
arrangement entered into within #g days 
7excluding any ,saturday or ,sunday7    
before slaughter of the livestock by a  
packer1 a person acting through the     
packer1 or a person that directly or    
indirectly controls1 or is controlled by
 or under common control with1 the      
packer2  7#b7 a cooperative or entity   
owned by a cooperative1 if a majority of
 the ownership interest in the          
cooperative is held by active           
cooperative members that--  7,a7 own1   
feed1 or control livestock2 and  7,b7   
provide the livestock to the cooperative
 for slaughter2  7#c7 a packer that is  
not required to report to the ,secretary
 on each reporting day 7as defined in   
section #bab of the ,agricultural       

,marketing ,act of #aidf 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#afce;a77 information on the price and  
quantity of livestock purchased by the  
packer2 or  7#d7 a packer that owns #a  
livestock processing plant2 or  2 and   
7#c7 in subsection 7h7 7as redesignated 
by paragraph 7#a771 by striking or 7e7  
and inserting 7e71 or 7f74  7b7         
,effective date  7#a7 ,in general       
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the         
amendments made by subsection 7a7 take  
effect on the date of enactment of this 
,act4  7#b7 ,transition rules ,in the   
case of a packer that on the date of    
enactment of this ,act owns1 feeds1 or  
controls livestock intended for         
slaughter in violation of section       
#bjb7;f7 of the ,packers and ,stockyards
 ,act1 #aiba 7as amended by subsection  
7a771 the amendments made by subsection 
7a7 apply to the packer--  7,a7 in the  
case of a packer of swine1 beginning on 
the date that is #ah months after the   
date of enactment of this ,act2 and     
7,b7 in the case of a packer of any     

other type of livestock1 beginning as   
soon as practicable1 but not later than 
#ahj days1 after the date of enactment  
of this ,act1 as determined by the      
,secretary of ,agriculture4