# 119-s-4007: Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act

119-s-4007, Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4007
- Congress: 119
- Title: Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 14
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Restore competition in U.S. meatpacking by forcing divestitures of dominant firms.** This bill makes the Federal Trade Commission a central tool to break up concentrated beef, pork, and poultry markets, limit packer control over supply chains, and steer divested plants to farmer cooperatives and small processors. - Farmers and feedlots: The bill caps any packer's share of cattle from a single feedlot at 10% in a year and gives affected feedlots a private right to seek treble damages and attorney's fees. - Consumers and markets: The Federal Trade Commission must expand use of its authority to block discriminatory pricing, run Section 6(b) market studies, and issue divestiture and pricing rules within 90 days. - Enforcement, foreign control, and support: Covered foreign-controlled packers must file divestiture plans within 120 days, failures to divest can trigger civil penalties equal to 10% of revenue, and recovered funds plus new appropriations can finance SBA-backed cooperatives and regional processors.

## Cosponsors (14)

- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protections and damages for feedlots: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would define a "covered feedlot" as one with capacity of 24,000 head or more. It would bar any beef packer from slaughtering more than 10% of a covered feedlot's cattle in any calendar year. A feedlot that sold less than 10% to a violating packer could sue for triple damages us…
- FTC rules and market definitions: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would require the FTC to write rules and definitions for covered meatpackers within 90 days. The FTC would set a small-volume cutoff and say when companies are under common control. The FTC would also report to Congress within 180 days on how it is using its authorities to addr…
- Ban on multi-protein and foreign ownership: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would bar covered meatpackers from owning or running businesses in more than one line of protein, like beef, pork, or poultry. Covered foreign-controlled packers would have to divest U.S. operations or stop operating in interstate commerce within 120 days, with a single possibl…
- FTC breakups and enforcement fines: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would let the FTC require sales or spin-offs of packer assets and finish plans for current violators within 120 days. The FTC would impose a civil penalty equal to 10% of a violator's revenue for failure to divest and enhanced penalties (three times damages) for knowing violati…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-s-4007 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4007)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4007 (as of 2026-08-11).