PUBLIC LAW 106-78 —OCT. 22, 1999 113 STAT. 1193 (2) on the first reporting day of the current slaughter week, not later than 10:00 a.m. Central Time. " (e) REGIONAL REPORTING OF CATTLE TYPES.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall determine whether adequate data can be obtained on a regional basis for fed Holsteins and other fed dairy steers and heifers, cows, and bulls based on the number of packers required to report under this section. "(2) REPORT.— Not later than 2 years after the date of Deadline, the enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the determination of the Secretary under paragraph (1). "SEC. 223, MANDATORY PACKER REPORTING OF BOXED BEEF SALES. 7 USC 1635f. "(a) DAILY REPORTING. — The corporate officers or officially designated representatives of each packer processing plant shall report to the Secretary at least twice each reporting day (not less than once before, and once after, 12:00 noon Central Time) information on total boxed beef sales, including— "(1) the price for each lot of each negotiated boxed beef sale (determined by seller-buyer interaction and agreement), quoted in dollars per hundredweight (on a F.O.B. plant basis); "(2) the quantity for each lot of each sale, quoted by number of boxes sold; and "(3) information regarding the characteristics of each lot of each sale, including— "(A) the grade of beef (USDA Choice or better, USDA Select, or ungraded no-roll product); "(B) the cut of beef; and "(C) the trim specification. "(b) PUBLICATION. —The Secretary shall make available to the Public public the information required to be reported under subsection information, (a) not less frequently than twice each reporting day. "CHAPTER 3—SWINE REPORTING "SEC. 231. DEFINITIONS. "In this chapter: "(1) AFFILIATE.— The term 'affiliate', with respect to a packer, means— "(A) a person that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 5 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the packer; "(B) a person 5 percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by the packer; and "(C) a person that directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by or under common control with, the packer. "(2) APPLICABLE REPORTING PERIOD. —The term 'applicable reporting period' means the period of time prescribed by the prior day report, the morning report, and the afternoon report, as required under section 232(c). "(3) BARROW.— The term 'barrow' means a neutered male swine. 7 USC 1635i.
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