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PUBLIC LAW 109–296—OCT. 5, 2006

Public Law 109–296 109th Congress An Act Oct. 5, 2006 [H.R. 3408]

To reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting provisions of that Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. EXTENSION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 7 USC 1636i.

‘‘SEC. 260. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

‘‘The authority provided by this subtitle terminates on September 30, 2010.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION.—Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78) is amended by striking ‘‘terminate on September 30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘(other than section 911 of subtitle A and the amendments made by that section) terminate on September 30, 2010’’. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

(a) BASE MARKET HOGS.—Section 231(4) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i(4)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(4) BASE MARKET HOG.—The term ‘base market hog’ means a barrow or gilt for which no discounts are subtracted from and no premiums are added to the base price.’’. (b) BOARS.—Section 231(5) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1635i(5)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(5) BOAR.—The term ‘boar’ means a sexually-intact male swine.’’. (c) PACKER OF SOWS AND BOARS.—Section 231(12) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1635i(12)) is amended by— (1) striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) for any calendar year, the term includes only— ‘‘(i) a swine processing plant that slaughtered an average of at least 100,000 swine per year during the immediately preceding five calendar years; and ‘‘(ii) a person that slaughtered an average of at least 200,000 sows, boars, or any combination thereof, per year during the immediately preceding five calendar years; and’’; and (2) in subparagraph (C)—

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