Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2026-03-05
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act” Read the full text
Agriculture and Food
What it does
The bill bars large meatpacking companies from operating in more than one protein category (beef, pork, or poultry) and requires the Federal Trade Commission to order divestitures for violations or for excessive concentration in the beef market. It also caps how much of one feedlot's cattle a packer may slaughter each year and lets feedlot owners sue over violations. It bans foreign-controlled meatpackers, including JBS, from operating in the United States unless they divest their US operations, and funds farmer cooperatives and small businesses to acquire divested plants.
Written by AI from the complete official bill text and independently fact-checked against it. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2026-03-05
In the Senate.
Committee, then floor votes in both chambers · next
Official documents
The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
15
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
CARGILL INCvia CARGILL, INC.
2 filingsCARGILL, INCORPORATEDvia FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC
2 filingsFARMERS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICAvia FARMERS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA
2 filingsCHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.via CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
1 filingFrom 7 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S883-887) (2026-03-05).