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Creates a Special Counsel on Agricultural Competition at USDA for
enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act and Agricultural Fair Practices
Act. Activities relating to investigations and prosecutions will be combined
into one office. |
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Includes the House compromise on mandatory country of origin labeling with
minor changes. Adds macadamia nuts as a covered commodity under the Act. |
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Expands provisions of the Agricultural Fair Practices Act to producer members
of associations or cooperatives. |
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Makes arbitration in livestock and poultry contracts voluntary under the
Packers and Stockyards Act. |
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With some exceptions, requires 90 day notice for contract termination when
the producer has made a capital investment of $100,000 or more for the sole
purposes of securing the contract. |
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Provides USDA enforcement authority over live poultry dealers under the
Packers and Stockyards Act. |
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Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of wholesale pork
reporting under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act. |
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Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to make unauthorized use of
information obtained through an animal identification system unlawful.
Establishes parameters on the use of such information by the Secretary. |
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Reauthorizes the National Sheep and Goat Industry Improvement Center,
which provides assistance to sheep and goat producers for infrastructure
development, business development, production, resource development, and
market and environmental research. Provides $1 million in mandatory funds. |
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Includes a Sense of Congress outlining the threat that feral swine pose to the
domestic swine population. |
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Authorizes a voluntary national certification program for trichinae testing. |
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