[111th Congress Public Law 239] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office] [[Page 124 STAT. 2501]] Public Law 111-239 111th Congress An Act To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to improve the reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 27, 2010 - [S. 3656]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010.>> SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 7 USC 1621 note.>> SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. (a) Extension of Authority.-- (1) In general.--Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2010'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015''. (2) Conforming amendment and extension.--Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106-78) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2010'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015''. (b) Wholesale Pork Cuts.-- (1) Reporting.--Chapter 3 of subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 233. <<NOTE: 7 USC 1635k.>> MANDATORY REPORTING OF WHOLESALE PORK CUTS. ``(a) Reporting.--The corporate officers or officially designated representatives of each packer shall report to the Secretary information concerning the price and volume of wholesale pork cuts, as the Secretary determines is necessary and appropriate. ``(b) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish information reported under subsection (a) as the Secretary determines necessary and appropriate.''. (2) Negotiated <<NOTE: 7 USC 1635k note.>> rulemaking.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a negotiated rulemaking process pursuant to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to negotiate and develop a proposed rule to implement the amendment made by paragraph (1). (3) Negotiated rulemaking committee.-- (A) Representation.--Any negotiated rulemaking committee established by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (2) shall include representatives from-- (i) organizations representing swine producers; [[Page 124 STAT. 2502]] (ii) organizations representing packers of pork, processors of pork, retailers of pork, and buyers of wholesale pork; (iii) the Department of Agriculture; and (iv) among interested parties that participate in swine or pork production. (B) Inapplicability of federal advisory committee act.--Any negotiated rulemaking committee established by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to paragraph (2) shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). (4) Timing of proposed and final rules.--In carrying out the negotiated rulemaking process under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that-- (A) any <<NOTE: Recommenda- tions.>> recommendation for a proposed rule or report is provided to the Secretary of Agriculture not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (B) a final rule is promulgated not later than one and a half years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Pork Export Reporting.--Section 602(a)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``cotton,'' and inserting ``cotton, pork,''. SEC. 3. DAIRY MANDATORY REPORTING. (a) Electronic Reporting Required.--Subsection (d) of section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b) is amended to read as follows: ``(d) Electronic Reporting.-- ``(1) Electronic reporting system required.--The Secretary shall establish an electronic reporting system to carry out this section. ``(2) Publication.--Not later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Wednesday of each week, the Secretary shall publish a report containing the information obtained under this section for the preceding week.''. (b) Implementation.--Not <<NOTE: 7 USC 1637b note.>> later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall implement the electronic reporting system required by subsection (d) of section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b), as amended by subsection (a). Until the electronic reporting system is implemented, the Secretary shall continue to conduct mandatory dairy product information reporting under the authority [[Page 124 STAT. 2503]] of such section, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. Approved September 27, 2010. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3656: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): Aug. 5, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 15, considered and passed House. <all>