Contact Your Senators in Support of The Cattle Market Transparency Act Today - Here is How


U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act. 

The updated bill would:
1. Require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish 5-7 regions encompassing the entire continental U.S. and then establish minimum levels of fed cattle purchases made through approved pricing mechanisms. Approved pricing mechanisms are fed cattle purchases made through negotiated cash, negotiated grid, at a stockyard, and through trading systems that multiple buyers and sellers regularly can make and accept bids. These pricing mechanisms will ensure robust price discovery and are transparent.

2. Establish a maximum penalty for covered packers of $90,000 for mandatory minimum violations. Covered packers are defined as those packers that during the immediately preceding five years have slaughtered five percent or more of the number of fed cattle nationally.

3. The bill also includes provisions to create a publicly available library of marketing contracts, mandating box beef reporting to ensure transparency, expediting the reporting of cattle carcass weights, and requiring a packer to report the number of cattle scheduled to be delivered for slaughter each day for the next 14 days. The contract library would be permanently authorized and specify key details about the contents that must be included in the library like the duration of the contract and provisions in the contract that may impact price such as schedules, premiums and discounts, and transportation arrangements.

Click here to read the amended bill text.

Click here for an updated one-pager on the bill.

Click here for an updated section-by-section summary of the bill.


Find your state listed below alphabetically and use the links to contact your state senators and urge their support for this import legislation!



Alabama Senator Richard Shelby https://www.shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenatorshelby

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

 

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/contact

Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/contact/email


Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema https://www.sinema.senate.gov/contact-kyrsten

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly https://www.kelly.senate.gov/

Arkansas Senator John Boozman https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton https://www.cotton.senate.gov/contact/contact-tom


California Senator Dianne Feinstein https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me

California Senator Alex Padilla https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/contact/

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/write-to-senator-blumenthal

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy https://www.murphy.senate.gov/contact

Delaware Senator Thomas Carper https://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-senator-carper

Delaware Senator Christopher Coons https://www.coons.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion


Florida Senator Marco Rubio https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

Florida Senator Rick Scott https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion


Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/contact-us/

Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock https://www.warnock.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz https://www.schatz.senate.gov/contact/share-your-thoughts

Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono https://www.hirono.senate.gov/share-your-opinion

Idaho Senator Mike Crapo https://www.crapo.senate.gov/contact/email-me

Idaho Senator James Risch https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email

Illinois Senator Richard Durbin https://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email

Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/help/email-tammy


Indiana Senator Todd Young https://www.young.senate.gov/contact/email-todd

Indiana Senator Mike Braun https://www.braun.senate.gov/contact-mike



Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley https://www.grassley.senate.gov/contact/questions-and-comments

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst https://www.ernst.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact



Kansas Senator Doc Marshall : https://www.marshall.senate.gov/contact/

Kansas Senator Jerry Moran https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-jerry

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm

Kentucky Rand Paul https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/email-me-form

Maine Senator Susan Collins https://www.collins.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-collins

Maine Senator Angus King https://www.king.senate.gov/contact

Maryland Senator Ben Cardin https://www.cardin.senate.gov/contact/email-ben

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/contact/email


Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren https://www.warren.senate.gov/contact/shareyouropinion

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey https://www.markey.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion


Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/contact

Michigan Senator Gary Peters  https://www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary


Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/email-amy

Minnesota Senator Tina Smith https://www.smith.senate.gov/share-your-opinion


Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker https://www.wicker.senate.gov/contact

Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/contact-senator


Missouri Senator Josh Hawley https://www.hawley.senate.gov/contact-senator-hawley

Missouri Senator Roy Blunt  https://www.blunt.senate.gov/contact/contact-roy


Montana Senator Jon Tester https://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator

Montana Steve Daines https://www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve


Nebraska Senator Deb Fisher https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/?p=email-deb

Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse https://www.sasse.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-ben


Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/contact/connect

Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen https://www.rosen.senate.gov/contact_jacky

New Hamshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/contact-jeanne

New Hamshire Senator Margaret Wood Hassan https://www.hassan.senate.gov/contact/email


New Jersey Senator Rober Menendez https://www.menendez.senate.gov/contact/email

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker https://www.booker.senate.gov/contact/write-to-cory


New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/contact/write-martin

New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Lujan https://www.lujan.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/


New York Senator Chuck Schumer https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/email-chuck

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/email-me


North Carolina Senator Richard Burr https://www.burr.senate.gov/comment-on-legislation

North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis https://www.tillis.senate.gov/email-me


North Dakota Senator John Hoeven https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/contact/email-the-senator/form

North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer https://www.cramer.senate.gov/contact/contact-kevin


Ohio Senator Sherrod https://www.brown.senate.gov/contact/email

Ohio Senator Rob Portman https://www.portman.senate.gov/meet/contact


Oklahoma Senator Jame Lankford https://www.lankford.senate.gov/contact/email

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/contact/email-jim


Oregon Senator Ron Wyden https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/email-ron

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/


Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey https://www.casey.senate.gov/contact/share

Pennsylvania  Senator Pat Toomey https://www.toomey.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-toomey


Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed https://www.reed.senate.gov/contact/email

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/email-sheldon


South Carolina Senator Linsey Graham https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=contact-form

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott https://www.scott.senate.gov/contact/email-me


South Dakota Senator John Thune https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds https://www.rounds.senate.gov/contact/email-mike


Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/email-me

Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/email-me/


Texas Senator Ted Cruz https://www.cruz.senate.gov/contact/write-ted

Texas Senator John Cornyn https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact


Utah Senator Mike Lee https://www.lee.senate.gov/contact

Utah Senator Mitt Romney https://www.romney.senate.gov/contact-senator-romney/


Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy https://www.leahy.senate.gov/contact/

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders https://www.sanders.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/


Virginia Senator Mark Warner https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactPage

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine https://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion


Washington Senator Patty Murray https://www.murray.senate.gov/write-to-patty/

Washington Senator Maria Cantwell https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/contact/email/form


West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin https://www.manchin.senate.gov/contact-joe/email-joe

West Virginia Shelly Moore Capito https://www.capito.senate.gov/contact/contact-my-office


Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson https://www.capito.senate.gov/contact/contact-my-office

Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/contact/contact-tammy


Wyoming Senator John Barrasso https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form

Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis https://www.lummis.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/