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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 2, 1999
Swine Producers Market Loss Assistance Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer a market loss assistance program for eligible swine producers.Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a temporary mandatory livestock reporting program for certain packers regarding livestock and livestock product prices, volume, and terms of sale.Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as added by the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in P.L. 105-277) to repeal provisions for the pilot price reporting investigation (concerning the reporting of certain meat and livestock price information.)
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Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18] · R–IL
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Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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