To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to terminate Federal milk marketing
orders. (Introduced in the House)
HR 2322 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2322
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to terminate Federal
milk marketing orders.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 1999
Mr. OBEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to terminate Federal
milk marketing orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF MILK MARKETING ORDERS.
(a) TERMINATION- Section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C.
608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement
Act of 1937, is amended by striking paragraphs (5) and (18) relating to
milk and its products.
(b) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT ORDERS REGARDING MILK- Paragraph (2)
of such section is amended--
(1) by striking `Milk, fruits' and inserting `Fruits'; and
(2) by inserting `milk,' after `honey,' in subparagraph (B).
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- (1) Section 2(3) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 602(3)
is amended by striking `, other than milk and its products,'.
(2) Section 8c of such Act (7 U.S.C. 608c) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking `, other than milk and its products,';
(B) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking `(except for milk and cream to
be sold for consumption in fluid form)';
(C) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking `Except in the case of milk and
its products, orders' and inserting `Orders';
(D) in paragraph (13)(A), by striking `, except to a retailer in his
capacity as a retailer of milk and its products'; and
(E) in paragraph (17), by striking the second proviso, which relates
to milk orders.
(3) Section 8d(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 608d(2)) is amended by striking
the second sentence, which relates to information from milk handlers.
(4) Section 10(b)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 610(b)) is amended--
(A) by striking clause (i);
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii),
respectively; and
(C) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking `other commodity'
in the first sentence and inserting `commodity'.
(5) Section 11 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 611) is amended by striking `and
milk, and its products,'.
(6) Section 715 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law
103-111; 107 Stat. 1079; 7 U.S.C. 608d note), is amended by striking the
third proviso, which relates to information from milk handlers.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on XXXXXXXX.