PUBLIC LAW 106-78—OCT. 22, 1999 113 STAT. 1209 "(b) AVAILABILITY.— The Secretary shall make available to swine producers and other interested persons information on the types of contracts described in subsection (a), including notice (on a realtime basis if practicable) of the types of contracts that are being offered by each individual packer to, and are open to acceptance by, producers for the purchase of swine. "(c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The reporting requirements under subsections (a) and (b) shall be subject to the confidentiality protections provided under section 251 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. " (d) INFORMATION COLLECTION. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary shall— "(A) obtain (by a filing or other procedure required of each individual packer) information indicating what types of contracts for the purchase of swine are available from each packer; and "(B) make the information available in a monthly report to swine producers and other interested persons. "(2) CONTRACTED SWINE NUMBERS.— Each packer shall pro- Publication. vide, and the Secretary shall collect and publish in the monthly report required under paragraph (1)(B), information specifying— "(A) the types of existing contracts for each packer; "(B) the provisions contained in each contract that provide for expansion in the numbers of swine to be delivered under the contract for the following 6-month and 12-month periods; "(C) an estimate of the total number of swine committed by contract for delivery to all packers within the 6-month and 12-month periods following the date of the report, reported by reporting region and by type of contract; and "(D) an estimate of the maximum total number of swine that potentially could be delivered within the 6- month and 12-month periods following the date of the report under the provisions described in subparagraph (B) that are included in existing contracts, reported by reporting region and by type of contract. "(e) VIOLATIONS.—It shall be unlawful and a violation of this title for any packer to willfully fail or refuse to provide to the Secretary accurate information required under, or to willfully fail or refuse to comply with any requirement of, this section. "(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section. "SEC. 223. REPORT ON THE SECRETARY'S JURISDICTION, POWER, 7 USC 198b. DUTIES, AND AUTHORITIES. "(a) DEFINITION OF PACKER.— In this section, the term 'packer' has the meaning given the term in section 201 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191). "(b) REPORT. — Not later than 90 days after the date of the Deadline, enactment of this subtitle, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and authorities of the Secretary that relate to packers and other persons involved in procuring, slaughtering, or
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