Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021
Summary
Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and maintain a library or catalog of each type of contract offered by packers to producers for the purchase of all or part of the production of fed cattle (including cattle that are purchased or committed for delivery), including any schedules of premiums or discounts associated with the contract. USDA must make the library or catalog publicly available in a user-friendly format and provide weekly or monthly reports as applicable. The bill makes it unlawful for any packer to willfully fail or refuse to provide USDA with accurate contractual information or to comply with any other requirements under the bill. The Agricultural Marketing Service must provide competitive grants to state agricultural experiment stations, universities, national laboratories, and other entities for producer outreach and education efforts on best uses of cattle market information, including information made available through the livestock mandatory reporting program and the library or catalog.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Dec 2021
House Passage
Dec 2021
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Oct 19, 2021
Last action Dec 9, 2021
Floor votes · House Dec 8, 2021
How they voted
411–13
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 433
Dec 8, 2021
D
Democratic220
96% Yea
R
Republican213
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Dec 9, 2021
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
upper
Dec 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 13 (Roll no. 409).(text: CR H7487-7488)
lower
Dec 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-203.
lower
Oct 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Oct 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
lower
Oct 19, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 30 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dusty Johnson
RRepublican
Co
A. Drew Ferguson IV
RRepublican
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
Antonio Delgado
DDemocratic
Co
Ashley Hinson
RRepublican
Co
Barry Moore
RRepublican
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
David Rouzer
RRepublican
Co
Diana Harshbarger
RRepublican
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