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A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchased livestock from producers.
previous 110th session of congress Other Bill Titles (1 more) 3/6/2007--Introduced.
Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that 25% of a covered packer's daily kill comes through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers. Sets forth a different percentage through 2011 for covered packers who reported in the 2006 annual... more
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by Senate | | Voted on by House | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| March 06, 2007 |
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September 23, 2008 TommyWonk: Privatizing the Weather
Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa) has introduced a bill, S.786 called the National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005, that would limit direct public access to information that is now available for free from the National Weather Service. ...
July 19, 2008 L 20 B 224/07 AS LSG NRW - Einkommen Selbstständiger
... auch bei der Einkommensberücksichtigung im Recht der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende ausgeschlossen ist (Mecke, aaO, § 11 Rn. 55, Bayerisches LSG, Beschluss vom 14.06.2005, L 11 B 218/05 AS ER = Breithaupt 2005, S. 786 f). ...
Source: Arbeitslosenhilfe Online ev
January 30, 2008 Specifics on Family Leave
Yesterday, I was guilty of passing along bad information. I was corrected by a commenter who passed along outdated information. I'd like to correct that. S.786 is the bill that passed. I erroneously said it capped payments
Source: NJVoices: Thurman Hart
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