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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.___
1 2 BY KIBBIE
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the President
1 4 of the United States, the United States Congress,
1 5 and the United States Department of Agriculture
1 6 reconsider and revise proposed rule exceptions to the
1 7 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999.
1 8 WHEREAS, enactment of the federal Livestock
1 9 Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 represents one of the
1 10 most important livestock market reforms since passage
1 11 of the Packers and Stockyard Act of 1921; and
1 12 WHEREAS, implementation of mandatory price
1 13 reporting is necessary to restore transparency to
1 14 livestock markets increasingly dominated by direct
1 15 marketing and integrated production systems; and
1 16 WHEREAS, a rule proposed by the United States
1 17 Department of Agriculture whereby the department would
1 18 not publish prices in reporting regions where three or
1 19 fewer packers report prices on any given day or where
1 20 a single packer represents 60 percent or more of
1 21 purchases reported in a given region would seriously
1 22 undermine both the intent and effectiveness of
1 23 mandatory price reporting; and
1 24 WHEREAS, implementation of this rule will likely
1 25 result in large gaps in market price information,
1 26 contrary to one of the primary purposes of the
1 27 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act, which is intended
1 28 to check the monopolistic opportunities of packers
1 29 which dominate regional markets; and
1 30 WHEREAS, the United States Department of
2 1 Agriculture's proposed rule fails to disclose the
2 2 extent of volume premiums paid by packers to large
2 3 volume producers and such price discrimination
2 4 threatens the survival of moderate-size independent
2 5 producers; and
2 6 WHEREAS, moderate-size independent producers need
2 7 information on the extent of such premiums to
2 8 strengthen their marketing position and policymakers
2 9 need information on such premiums to determine an
2 10 appropriate policy response; NOW THEREFORE,
2 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 12 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 13 Assembly urges the President of the United States, the
2 14 Congress of the United States, and the United States
2 15 Department of Agriculture to reconsider and revise the
2 16 department's proposed rule, with the purpose of making
2 17 available the most market information possible, and to
2 18 provide for public reporting of volume premiums
2 19 offered to large producers.
2 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 21 Resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to
2 22 the President of the United States, the President of
2 23 the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United
2 24 States House of Representatives, and members of Iowa's
2 25 congressional delegation.
2 26 LSB 2240SS 79
2 27 ta/pj/5
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