LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING.

SEC. 11001. LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. * * * * * * * (b) Study and Report.— (1) Study.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on the effects of requiring packer processing plants to report to the Secretary information on wholesale pork cuts (including price and volume information), including— (A) the positive or negative economic effects on producers and consumers; and (B) the effects of a confidentiality requirement on mandatory reporting. (2) Information.—During the period preceding the submission of the report under paragraph (3), the Secretary may collect, and each packer processing plant shall provide, such information as is necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct the study required under paragraph (1). (3) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1). (c) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. * * * * * * *