Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act

This bill would require large meatpacking companies to operate in only one type of meat (beef, pork, or poultry) and would have the Federal Trade Commission oversee plans for them to sell off other operations. It would require the sale of beef plants in any regional or national beef market where concentration passes set limits, such as one company holding 30 percent or more of the market. It would make it unlawful for JBS S.A. and other foreign-controlled meatpackers named by the Commission to operate in the United States and would require them to sell their U.S. operations. It would limit a meatpacker to slaughtering no more than 10 percent of the cattle from any single large feedlot each year. It would also allow the Small Business Administration to help farmers' cooperatives and small businesses buy plants that are sold off, set penalties for failing to sell off assets, and require reports on meat pricing.

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Sponsors

• Charles E. Schumer Democrat sponsor
• 13 cosponsors