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 113 STAT. 1208 PUBLIC LAW 106-78 —OCT. 22, 1999 SEC. 934. SWINE PACKER MARKETING CONTRACTS. Title II of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191 et seq.) is amended— (1) by inserting before section 201 (7 U.S.C. 191) the following: "Subtitle A—General Provisions"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "Subtitle B—Swine Packer Marketing Contracts 7 USC 198. "SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS. "Except as provided in section 223(a), in this subtitle: "(1) MARKET. — The term 'market' means the sale or disposition of swine, pork, or pork products in commerce. "(2) PACKER. —The term 'packer' has the meaning given the term in section 231 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. "(3) PORK. —The term 'pork' means the meat of a porcine animal. "(4) PORK PRODUCT.— The term 'pork product' means a product or byproduct produced or processed in whole or in part from pork. "(5) STATE. —The term 'State' means each of the 50 States. "(6) SwiNE.—The term 'swine' means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter. "(7) TYPE OF CONTRACT.— The term 'type of contract' means the classification of contracts or risk management agreements for the purchase of swine by— "(A) the mechanism used to determine the base price for swine committed to a packer, grouped into practicable classifications by the Secretary (including swine or pork market formula purchases, other market formula purchases, and other purchase arrangements); and "(B) the presence or absence of an accrual account or ledger that must be repaid by the producer or packer that receives the benefit of the contract pricing mechanism in relation to negotiated prices. "(8) OTHER TERMS.— Except as provided in this subtitle, a term has the meaning given the term in section 212 or 231 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 7 USC 198a. "SEC. 222. SWINE PACKER MARKETING CONTRACTS OFFERED TO PRO- DUCERS. Records. "(a) IN GENERAL.— Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a library or catalog of each type of contract offered by packers to swine producers for the purchase of all or part of the producers' production of swine (including swine that are purchased or committed for delivery), including all available noncarcass merit premiums.

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