H.R. 5609Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021

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Sponsor: Dusty Johnson [R-SD]
Cosponsors: 30 · 24 Republicans · 6 Democrats
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Committees: Agriculture Committee, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Latest action: Dec 9, 2021 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

IntroducedOct 19, 2021
Passed the HouseDec 8, 2021
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5609 as passed House on Dec 8, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 409

House Dec 8, 2021

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Cattle Contract Library Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

411 Yea 13 Nay 9 not voting

Crossed both parties 13 of 424 voting members broke with their own party: 13 Republicans.

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All members433 members

Democratic220 members

Republican213 members

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Cosponsors30 · 24 Republicans · 6 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5609 and vote against it. 17 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 5609Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 409

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors30 · 24 Republicans · 6 Democrats

H.R. 5609Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 409

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors30 · 24 Republicans · 6 Democrats

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