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USDA/GIPSA RIN: 0580-AB08 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: ●Binding Arbitration Clauses in Livestock Contracts and Poultry Growing Arrangements 
Abstract: The proposal requires any livestock contract or poultry growing arrangement that provides for the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy to contain specific terms that conspicuously disclose the right of the producer or grower, prior to entering the contract, to decline to be bound by the arbitration provision. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 201   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 181   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    06/18/2010 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
H. Tess Butler
Regulatory Liaison
Department of Agriculture
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 720-7486
Fax:202 690-2173
Email: h.tess.butler@usda.gov