To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to clarify that the delivery of milk to a handler under a Federal milk marketing order occurs when the raw milk is received at the producer's farm, and the producer may not be charged for transportation-related costs incurred by a handler after the raw milk leaves the farm, and for other purposes.

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to state that: (1) the delivery by a producer or association of producers of raw milk to a handler under a federal milk marketing order shall be deemed to occur when the raw milk is received at the producer's farm, whether directly by the handler or by a transportation agent acting on behalf of the handler; and (2) the producer may not be charged for transportation-related costs, including hauling fees, stop fees, and fuel surcharges, incurred by a handler or the transportation agent after the raw milk leaves the farm.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4117 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4117

 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to clarify that the delivery 
 of milk to a handler under a Federal milk marketing order occurs when 
 the raw milk is received at the producer's farm, and the producer may 
 not be charged for transportation-related costs incurred by a handler 
      after the raw milk leaves the farm, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2009

  Mr. Arcuri (for himself, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. 
   Holden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to clarify that the delivery 
 of milk to a handler under a Federal milk marketing order occurs when 
 the raw milk is received at the producer's farm, and the producer may 
 not be charged for transportation-related costs incurred by a handler 
      after the raw milk leaves the farm, 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. NO IMPOSITION ON MILK PRODUCERS OF TRANSPORTATION-RELATED 
              COSTS INCURRED BY HANDLERS AFTER RAW MILK LEAVES FARMS.

    Section 8c(5)(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
608c(5)(C)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``In addition, for purposes of such paragraphs (A) and 
(B), the delivery by a producer or association of producers of raw milk 
to a handler shall be deemed to occur when the raw milk is received at 
the producer's farm, whether directly by the handler or by a 
transportation agent acting on behalf of the handler, and the producer 
may not be charged for transportation-related costs, including hauling 
fees, stop fees, and fuel surcharges, incurred by a handler or the 
transportation agent after the raw milk leaves the farm.''.
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