[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 42 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 42
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 7, 2003
Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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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--
(1) in paragraph (A)--
(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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