Fairness for Small-Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4979 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4979 To regulate market concentration and competition in the food and agriculture industry, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2023 Mr. Casar (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Adams, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bush, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Vargas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To regulate market concentration and competition in the food and agriculture industry, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Small-Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I--MORATORIUM ON AND REVIEW OF LARGE AGRIBUSINESS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING, AND GROCERY RETAIL MERGERS Sec. 101. Moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers. Sec. 102. Retroactive review of large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers. TITLE II--FARM SYSTEM REFORMS Sec. 201. Local agriculture market program. Sec. 202. R