S4007-119

In Committee

Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 5, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 2, provides loosens a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 101. Limitation on operation in multiple lines of protein It shall be unlawful for a covered meatpacking enterprise to own, control, or operate any entity or combination. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, reporting requirements, and procurement rules. The main policy areas are Defense, Environment, Agriculture, and Finance.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 2.
  • Provides loosens a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3.
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 101. Limitation on operation in multiple lines of protein It shall be unlawful for a covered meatpacking enterprise to own, control, or operate any entity or combination...
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 201. Prohibition on unlawful horizontal consolidation The Commission shall require divestiture pursuant to section 202, as applicable, if in a regional beef market or...
  • Reduces a appropriation, compliance mandate provision: 202. Regional and national beef market divestiture authority and process Divestiture under this section may consist of— sale of 1 or more entities, facilities...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 2, provides loosens a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 101. Limitation on operation in multiple lines of protein It shall be unlawful for a covered meatpacking enterprise to own, control, or operate any entity or combination.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Environment, Agriculture, Finance

Primary Purpose

The bill reduces a reporting req, compliance mandate, procurement provision: 2, provides loosens a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 101. Limitation on operation in multiple lines of protein It shall be unlawful for a covered meatpacking enterprise to own, control, or operate any entity or combination.

Policy Domains

Defense Environment Agriculture Finance

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 5, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. …

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 5, 2026

Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, Ms. Warren, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Environment Agriculture Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"administrator_of_sba"
→ Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"Commission" §id63efd81d6bf0448eb658c38c7cbb0d52

the Federal Trade Commission. The term covered feedlot means a feedlot with a capacity of 24,000 head of cattle or more. The term covered foreign-controlled covered meatpacking enterprise means— JBS S.A. and its affiliates

"Administrator" §idf458ca89396c41679cdd3332c328a377

the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. The term eligible entity means— a farmers’ cooperative

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