To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide for the establishment of a trust for the benefit of all unpaid cash sellers of livestock, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-4058House of Representatives
Updated: Oct 26, 2017

Summary

Securing All Livestock Equitably Act of 2017 or the SALE Act of 2017 This bill amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to require all livestock purchased by a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds from, such livestock to be held by the dealer in a trust until all unpaid cash sellers of the livestock have been paid. The bill exempts from the requirement any dealer whose average annual purchases of livestock do not exceed $500,000.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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