| 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 House)
HR 1505 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1505
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 4, 2001
Mr. PETRI (for himself, Mr.
OBEY, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KIND, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin,
and Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
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'.
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