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Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.
Summary
This bill amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to expand mandatory reporting requirements for dairy manufacturers. Dairy manufacturers are required to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in their facilities. The Secretary of Agriculture must publish a comprehensive report on dairy products processing costs within 3 years of enactment and every 2 years thereafter. These reporting requirements aim to provide transparency about dairy processing costs in the market.
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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
Actions (2)
- Feb 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Feb 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2025
Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.
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 “Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act”.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY REPORTING OF DAIRY PRODUCTS PROCESSING COSTS.
Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “and” at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
“(C) for each manufacturer required to report under subparagraph (A) for any product, require that manufacturer to report production cost and product yield information, as determined by the Secretary, for all products processed in the same facility or facilities.”; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting “products and” after “those”; and
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking “Electronic Reporting” and inserting “Reporting”;
(B) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking “Electronic reporting” and inserting “Reporting”; and
(ii) by striking “this section” and inserting “subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1)”;
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking “this section” and inserting “subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection
(b)(1)”; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Dairy products processing costs.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a report containing the information obtained under subsection
(b)(1)(C).”. <all>
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