Directs the Secretary to make emergency market loss payments to dairy producers in the 48 contiguous States, including producers on farms not covered by milk marketing orders, whenever the national average for Class III milk under Federal milk marketing orders for a calendar year quarter is less than a specified target price.
[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3578 Introduced in House (IH)]
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3578
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Department of
Agriculture's preferred Option 1B as the price structure for Class I
fluid milk under Federal milk marketing orders, to provide emergency
market loss payments to dairy producers for any calendar year quarter
in which the national average price for Class III milk under Federal
milk marketing orders is less than a target price of $11.50 per
hundredweight, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 20, 2001
Mr. Green of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Department of
Agriculture's preferred Option 1B as the price structure for Class I
fluid milk under Federal milk marketing orders, to provide emergency
market loss payments to dairy producers for any calendar year quarter
in which the national average price for Class III milk under Federal
milk marketing orders is less than a target price of $11.50 per
hundredweight, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Dairy Policy Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S PREFERRED OPTION 1B AS PRICE
STRUCTURE FOR CLASS I MILK UNDER FEDERAL MILK MARKETING
ORDERS.
Section 1 of H.R. 3428 of the 106th Congress, as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(8) of Public Law 106-113 (Appendix H; 113 Stat.
1501A-517; 7 U.S.C. 7253 note), is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``this Act'' and
inserting ``the National Dairy Policy Act of 2001''; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following
new subsection (c):
``(c) Use of Option 1B for Pricing Class I Milk.--As specified in
the final rule, the Secretary of Agriculture shall price fluid or Class
I milk under the Federal milk marketing orders using the Class I price
differentials known as Option 1B.''.
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY MARKET LOSS PAYMENTS TO DAIRY PRODUCERS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal milk marketing order.--The term ``Federal milk
marketing order'' means a milk marketing order issued under
section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c),
reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937.
(2) Class iii milk.--The term ``Class III milk'' means milk
classified as Class III milk (milk used to produce cheese)
under a Federal milk marketing order.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture, acting through the Farm Service Agency.
(b) Payments Required.--Using the funds, facilities, and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall
make an emergency market loss payment under this section to dairy
producers on a farm in the 48 contiguous States, including producers on
farms not covered by a Federal milk marketing order, whenever the
national average price for Class III milk under Federal milk marketing
orders for a calendar year quarter is less than a target price of
$11.50 per hundredweight for milk containing 3.5 percent butterfat.
(c) Payment Amounts.--
(1) Basis for payment.--Subject to paragraph (2), payments
under subsection (b) to dairy producers on a farm for a
calendar year quarter shall be based on the total quantity of
milk marketed by the producers during that quarter and designed
to ensure that the producers receive not less than the target
price for that milk.
(2) Payment and volume limitations.--The Secretary may
impose maximum payments per farm or volume limitations on the
quantity of the producers' quarterly production on which
payments will be made under this section.
(d) Time for Payments.--Payments required under this section for a
month shall be made not later than the 21st day after the end of a
calendar year quarter for which payments are required.
(e) Farm Reconstitution.--The Secretary shall carry out this
section in such a manner that there are no additional outlays under
this section as a result of the reconstitution of a farm that the
Secretary determines occurred in whole or in part for the purpose of
increasing the amounts received as payments under this section.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
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