To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the Secretary of
Agriculture from basing minimum prices for Class I milk on the distance
or transportation costs from any location... (Introduced in the Senate)
S 124 IS
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 124
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the Secretary of
Agriculture from basing minimum prices for Class I milk on the distance
or transportation costs from any location that is not within a marketing
area, except under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 19, 1999
Mr. FEINGOLD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the Secretary of
Agriculture from basing minimum prices for Class I milk on the distance
or transportation costs from any location that is not within a marketing
area, except under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LOCATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR MINIMUM PRICES FOR CLASS I MILK.
Section 8c(5) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(5)),
reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937, is amended--
(A) in clause (3) of the second sentence, by inserting after `the locations'
the following: `within a marketing area subject to the order'; and
(B) by striking the last 2 sentences and inserting the following: `Notwithstanding
subsection (18) or any other provision of law, when fixing minimum prices
for milk of the highest use classification in a marketing area subject
to an order under this subsection, the Secretary may not, directly or indirectly,
base the prices on the distance from, or all or part of the costs incurred
to transport milk to or from, any location that is not within the marketing
area subject to the order, unless milk from the location constitutes at
least 50 percent of the total supply of milk of the highest use classification
in the marketing area. The Secretary shall report to the Committee on Agriculture
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry of the Senate on the criteria that are used as the basis for
the minimum prices referred to in the preceding sentence, including a certification
that the minimum prices are made in accordance with the preceding sentence.';
and
(2) in paragraph (B)(c), by inserting after `the locations' the following:
`within a marketing area subject to the order'.