94TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 8057 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 19, 1975 Mr. McDADE (for himself and Mr. McEwEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to include small business establishments primarily engaged in the production of cow's milk for purposes of obtaining loans to assist them in meeting the requirements established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That section 7 (g) (1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 4 636 (g) (1)) is amended by inserting "including establish5 ments primarily engaged in production of cow's milk" 6 immediately after "small business concern". APPENDIX E-LEGISLATION TO CLARIFY THE ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES FOR SBA LOANS (AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES) 94TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5982 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 15, 1975 Mr. SMITH of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the A BILL To clarify the eligibility of certain small businesses for loans 1 2 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Small Business Meat 4 Producer and Marketer Protection Act of 1975". 5 6 SECTION 1. The Small Business Act is hereby amended as follows: 7 (a) By inserting in line 4 of section 7 (a) (1) (15 55-623 75 26 2 (b) By inserting in section 18 (15 U.S.C. 647) after 2 the words "Federal Government" the following: "which 3 has promulgated and is operating and administering a loan 4 program under which all qualified applicants are being 5 granted loans,". 6 7 8 14 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY,― (a) The Congress finds that the existence, in industries 9 engaged in commerce or in the production, processing, man10 ufacturing, and distribution of livestock and meat food prod11 ucts for commerce, of marketing conditions detrimental to 12 the maintenance of a free and competitive environment 13 needed for the health, efficiency, and general well-being of business (1) causes commerce and the channels and instru15 mentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetu16 ate such conditions among businesses located in the several 17 States; (2) burdens commerce and the free flow of livestock 18 and meat food products in commerce; (3) constitutes an 19 unfair method of competition in commerce; (4) leads to a burdening and obstruction of commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; and (5) interferes with the orderly 20 21 22 23 222 24 and fair marketing of goods in commerce. (b) It is declared to be the policy of this Act, through the exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce 25 among the several States and with foreign nations, to cor 3 1 rect and as rapidly as practicable to eliminate the conditions 2 above referred to in such industries without substantially 3 curtailing thhe production, processing, manufacturing, or dis4 tribution of such products. 6 (a) "Commerce" means trade, commerce, transporta7 tion, transmission or communication among the several 8 States or between any State and any place outside thereof. 9 (b) "Livestock" means cattle, calves, swine, sheep or 10 lambs, whether alive or dead. 11 (c) "Meat food products" means all products and by12 products of the slaughtering and meat packing industry, if 13 edible. 14 (d) "Meatpacker" means any person engaged in the 15 business of buying livestock for purposes of slaughter or of 16 manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for 17 sale or shipment. 18 (e) "Meat marketer" means any person engaged in the 19 business of buying, selling, brokering, purveying or other20 wise dealing in meats or meat food products. 21 (f) "Person" means one or more individuals, partner22 ships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, joint 23 stock companies, trustees and receivers in bankruptcy and 24 reorganization, common-law trusts, or any organized group, 25 whether or not incorporated. 1 4 (g) "Meatpacker or meat marketer engaged in commerce" means a meatpacker or meat marketer (1) who is 3 engaged in commerce or (2) who has employees engaged 4 in the production, processing, manufacturing or distribution 5 of meat food products for commerce, or employees handling, 6 selling, or otherwise working on meat food products which 7 have been moved in or produced, processed, manufactured, or distributed for commerce by any person and which, during any one of the last three years had annual gross volume 10 of sales made or business done of not less than $250,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level which are sepa12 rately stated). 8 11 9 13 SEC. 4. (a) It shall be unlawful for any meatpacker 14 engaged in commerce to slaughter or cause to be slaughtered, 15 whether by contract, business order, or by any other trans16 action, at any one location during any calendar week more 17 than one hundred head of cattle or calves, three hundred 18 head of swine, or three hundred head of sheep or lambs which were owned prior to slaughter for a period in excess of twenty 20 days by such meatpacker or by any person who owns or 19 21 controls more than 5 per centum of the stock, voting power, 22 or control of a meatpacker or by any person, subsidiary, or 23 affiliate in which such meatpacker or other person owns or 225 24 controls a total of more than 5 per centum of the stock, voting 25 power, or control thereof. The prohibition in this subsection |