H.R. 10506
Lets agriculture secretary demand records to enforce farm law
Gives the Secretary of Agriculture authority to formally demand documents or testimony when enforcing the Packers and Stockyards Act, which covers livestock, meatpacking and poultry markets.
- Applies to enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921
- The tool, a civil investigative demand, can require records or testimony
- The authority would sit with the Secretary of Agriculture
In committee