To equalize the minimum adjustments to prices for fluid milk under milk
marketing orders. (Introduced in the Senate)
S 917 IS
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 917
To equalize the minimum adjustments to prices for fluid milk under milk
marketing orders.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 29, 1999
Mr. GRAMS (for himself and Mr. FEINGOLD) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry
A BILL
To equalize the minimum adjustments to prices for fluid milk under milk
marketing orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EQUALIZATION OF MINIMUM PRICE ADJUSTMENT FOR CLASS I MILK FOR
ALL MARKETING AREAS.
(a) USE OF SAME PRICE- 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 in paragraph (A)--
(1) in the third sentence--
(A) by striking `Throughout' and all that follows through `order involved),
the' and inserting `The'; and
(b) by striking `on the date' and all that follows through the end
of the table in that sentence and inserting `shall be the same for each
marketing area subject to an order and shall be $1.80 per hundredweight
of milk having 3.5 percent milkfat, with a transportation surcharge determined
by the Secretary to compensate handlers for the actual cost of moving milk
within and between orders.';
(2) by striking the fourth sentence.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect
on the first day of the first month beginning more than 120 days after
the date of enactment of this Act.