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S.142: A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 107th Congress
- This bill is primarily about animals
- Introduced Jan. 22, 2001
- Latest Major Action March 20, 2001
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
4 (3 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter, with exceptions for: (1) a cooperative whose majority membership owns, feeds, or controls the livestock that the cooperative slaughters; or (2) a packer, owned or controlled by producers of a type of livestock, that slaughters less than two percent of such livestock slaughtered annually in the United States.
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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| Jan. 22, 2001 |
Introduced in the Senate by Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) |