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S 1354 IS

To provide for the eventual termination of milk marketing orders.

July 13 (legislative day, JULY 12), 1999

Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. FEINGOLD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

To provide for the eventual termination of milk marketing orders.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EVENTUAL TERMINATION OF MILK MARKETING ORDERS.

(a) TERMINATION- Notwithstanding the implementation of the final decision for the consolidation and reform of Federal milk marketing orders, as required by section 143 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7253), effective January 1, 2001, 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).

(b) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT ORDERS REGARDING MILK- Section 8c(2) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(2)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the first sentence--

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking `Milk, fruits' and inserting `Fruits'; and

(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting `milk,' after `honey,'.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS-

(1) Section 2(3) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 602(3), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking `, other than milk and its products,'.

(2) 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--

(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.

(3) Section 8d(2) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608d(2)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking the second sentence.

(4) Section 10(b)(2) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 610(b)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended--

(A) by striking clause (i);

(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and

(C) in the first sentence of clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking `other commodity' and inserting `commodity'.

(5) Section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 611), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the first sentence 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 (7 U.S.C. 608d note; Public Law 103-111; 107 Stat. 1079), is amended by striking the third proviso.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section take effect on January 1, 2001.

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