II
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 869
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 21, 2005
Mr. Feingold 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 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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Federal Milk Marketing Reform Act of
2005
.
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—
in paragraph (A)—
in clause (3) of
the second sentence, by inserting after the locations
the
following: within a marketing area subject to the order
;
and
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
in paragraph
(B)(c), by inserting after the locations
the following:
within a marketing area subject to the order
.