PILOT PROGRAMS.

SEC. 1127. PILOT PROGRAMS. (a) Domestic Market Reporting Pilot Program.—Title IV of the Packers and Stockyards Act is amended to include the following new section: “SEC. 416. MANDATORY DOMESTIC REPORTING PILOT INVESTIGATION. “(1) In general.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a twelve month pilot investigation, beginning upon the date of implementation of such pilot, under which the Secretary shall require any person or class of persons engaged in the business of buying, selling, or marketing domestic or imported cattle for immediate slaughter and fresh muscle cuts of beef, or domestic or imported sheep and fresh or frozen muscle cuts of lamb, to report to the Secretary, in the least intrusive manner possible, information relating to prices for the procurement of these items. “(2) Application.—This section shall only apply to a person that is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or marketing a significant share of the national market, as determined by the Secretary, of the total volume of domestic or imported cattle for immediate slaughter and fresh muscle cuts of beef, or domestic or imported sheep and fresh or frozen muscle cuts of lamb, bought, sold, or marketed in the United States. “(3) Report.—Not later than six months after the conclusion of the mandatory domestic reporting pilot investigation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 112 STAT. 2681–47on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the effectiveness of the pilot investigation. No information collected under the pilot investigation may be disclosed until the report is submitted.”. (b) Export Market Reporting Pilot Investigation.— (1) In general.—The Secretary shall implement a twelve month pilot investigation, beginning on the date of implementation, of a streamlined electronic system for collecting export data, in the least intrusive manner possible, for fresh or frozen muscle cuts of meat food products, and develop a data-reporting program to disseminate summary information in a timely manner, not to exceed two weeks after issuance. (2) Report.—Not later than six months after the conclusion of the mandatory export reporting pilot investigation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the effectiveness of the pilot investigation. (c) Funding.—An amount of $250,000 is hereby appropriated to carry out this section of the Act.