To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Farm Service Agency, to use specified funds under the Act of August 24, 1935 to compensate poultry producers whose production contracts were terminated or not renewed during the period beginning on July 1, 2008, through the date of the enactment of this Act, because of processing plant closure and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3150 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3150

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of 
 August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers 
   whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed 
  because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost 
    cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in 
                         bankruptcy protection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2009

 Mr. Etheridge (for himself, Mr. Ross, Mr. Kissell, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
Holden, and Mr. Bishop of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which 
              was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of 
 August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers 
   whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed 
  because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost 
    cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in 
                         bankruptcy protection.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMPENSATION FOR ECONOMIC LOSSES DUE TO LOSS OF POULTRY 
              PRODUCTION CONTRACTS WITH BANKRUPT POULTRY PROCESSING 
              COMPANY.

    Using not more than $50,000,000 of amounts in the fund established 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), and the 
authority provided by paragraph (3) of the second sentence of such 
section, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Farm Service 
Agency, shall provide compensation to poultry producers whose poultry 
production contracts were terminated or not renewed during the period 
beginning on July 1, 2008, and ending on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other 
cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in 
bankruptcy protection. A poultry producer seeking compensation under 
this section shall be required to document to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary the termination or non-renewal of a production contract and 
the subsequent economic losses incurred by the producer as a result of 
the termination or non-renewal of the contract by the poultry 
processing company.
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