H.R. 5609 · 117th Congress

Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021

Introduced on Oct 19, 2021 by Dusty Johnson (R-SD). 30 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 9, 2021): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Oct 19, 2021
Cosponsors
30
6 from the other party
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, to establish a cattle contract library, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Contracts and agency
  • Government information and archives
  • Livestock

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Passed House, Dec 8, 2021). Public domain.

Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Dusty JohnsonR-SDSponsor

Democrats · 6

Republicans · 24

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
    Dec 8, 2021· House· Passage· Passed 411–13

History

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  1. Oct 19, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Oct 19, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Oct 19, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  4. Oct 21, 2021 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Oct 21, 2021 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  6. Dec 7, 2021Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-203.
  7. Dec 7, 2021 · HouseReported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-203.
  8. Dec 7, 2021 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 145.
  9. Dec 8, 2021 · HouseMr. Scott, David moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. Dec 8, 2021 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7487-7490)
  11. Dec 8, 2021 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5609.
  12. Dec 8, 2021 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. Dec 8, 2021 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7530-7531)
  14. Dec 8, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 13 (Roll no. 409).(text: CR H7487-7488)House · Roll call 409
  15. Dec 8, 2021 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 13 (Roll no. 409). (text: CR H7487-7488)House · Roll call 409
  16. Dec 8, 2021 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. Dec 9, 2021 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.