U.S. Senator Introduces Bill for Protection of Livestock Producers’ Information

On July 23, 2013, the Senate sent a bill (S.1343) introduced by Iowa Senator Charles Grassley to the Environment and Public Works Committee for review. The bill, intended to protect the information of livestock producers, has been read twice by the Senate thus far. The text of the bill is not yet available, but will be posted on the Library of Congress’s Thomas website.

For more information about this issue, please see our previous blog post on the American Farm Bureau Federation suit filed against the Environmental Protection Agency dealing with Freedom of Information Act requests.

Written by Sarah Doyle - Research Assistant
The Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center
@PSUAgLawCenter
July 25, 2013