12 2 STA T . 1 35 5 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 23 4—M A Y 22 , 200 8(5)ineachp a r a g raph (a s s o re d esigna t ed) that does not ha v e a heading ,by inserting a heading, in the sa m e sty l e as the heading in the amendment made by paragraph ( 6 ), the te x to fw hich is comprised of the term defined in the paragraph
(6) in paragraph ( 2 ) (as so redesignated) — ( A ) by stri k ing ‘ ‘ T he term ‘association of prod u cers ’ means’’ and inserting the following
‘‘(2) A S S OCIAT IO N O FPR O DU C E RS . — ‘‘(A) I N G ENERA L .—The term ‘association of producers’ means’’; and ( B ) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘association of producers’ includes an organi z ation whose membership is exclusively limited to agricultural producers and dedicated to pro - moting the common interest and general welfare of pro- ducers of agricultural products.’’; and ( 7 ) in paragraph ( 3 ) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) H ANDLER.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and (B) by inserting after clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A) and paragraph (2)) the following: ‘‘(B) EX CLUSION.—The term ‘handler’ does not include a person, other than a packer (as defined in section 2 01 of the P ackers and S tockyards Act, 1 9 21 (7 U .S. C . 191)), that provides custom feeding services for a producer.’’. SEC.1 1 0 0 4 . AN N U A LR E PO R T . (a) IN G ENERAL.—The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, is amended— (1) by redesignating section 4 16 (7 U.S.C. 229) as section 417; and (2) by inserting after section 415 (7 U.S.C. 22 8 d) the fol- lowing: ‘ ‘SEC. 41 6 . ANNUAL REPORT. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— N ot later than M arch 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report that— ‘‘(1) states, for the preceding year, separately for livestock and poultry and separately by enforcement area category (finan- cial, trade practice, or competitive acts and practices), with respect to investigations into possible violations of this Act— ‘‘(A) the number of investigations opened; ‘‘(B) the number of investigations that were closed or settled without a referral to the General Counsel of the D epartment of Agriculture; ‘‘(C) for investigations described in subparagraph (B), the length of time from initiation of the investigation to when the investigation was closed or settled without the filing of an enforcement complaint; ‘‘(D) the number of investigations that resulted in referral to the General Counsel of the Department of Agri- culture for further action, the number of such referrals resolved without administrative enforcement action, and 7USC2 2 9.
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