S 2565 IS
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2565
To amend the
Agricultural Adjustment Act to convert the dairy forward pricing program
into a permanent program of the Department of Agriculture.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 23 (legislative
day, JUNE 22), 2004
Mr. CRAPO (for himself,
Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. SMITH, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. CRAIG, and Mr. ROBERTS)
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 convert the dairy forward pricing program
into a permanent program of the Department of Agriculture.
Be it enacted by
the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT
TITLE.
This Act may be cited
as the `Milk Price Forward Contracting Act'.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT
DAIRY FORWARD PRICING PROGRAM.
Section 23 of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 627), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended--
(1) in the section
heading, by striking `pilot';
(A) in the subsection
heading, by striking `Pilot'; and
(B) by striking
`Not later than' and all that follows through `temporary pilot program'
and inserting `The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct, as a permanent
program of the Department of Agriculture, a program';
(A) in the subsection
heading, by striking `pilot'; and
(B) in paragraph
(1), by striking `pilot'; and
(4) by striking subsections
(d) and (e).
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