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.

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.

111th Congress · introduced 2009-07-09 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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Who proposed it: Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] · what a sponsor is
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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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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.

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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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] · 7 cosponsors

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Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr3150.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3150 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111