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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1354

To provide for the eventual termination of milk marketing orders.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 13 (legislative day, JULY 12), 1999

Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mr. FEINGOLD) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To provide for the eventual termination of milk marketing

orders.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. EVENTUAL TERMINATION OF MILK MAR4 KETING ORDERS.

5 (a) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding the implemen6 tation of the final decision for the consolidation and re7 form of Federal milk marketing orders, as required by sec8 tion 143 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re9 form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7253), effective January 1,

10 2001, section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7
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1 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricul2 tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by

3 striking paragraphs (5) and (18).

4 (b) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT ORDERS RE5 GARDING MILK.—Section 8c(2) of the Agricultural Ad6 justment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(2)), reenacted with amend7 ments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

8 1937, is amended in the first sentence—

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Milk,

10 fruits’’ and inserting ‘‘Fruits’’; and

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘milk,’’

12 after ‘‘honey,’’.

13 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

14 (1) Section 2(3) of the Agricultural Adjustment

15 Act (7 U.S.C. 602(3), reenacted with amendments

16 by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

17 1937, is amended by striking ‘‘, other than milk and

18 its products,’’.

19 (2) Section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment

20 Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments by

21 the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937,

22 is amended—

23 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘, other

24 than milk and its products,’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘(ex2 cept for milk and cream to be sold for consump3 tion in fluid form)’’;

4 (C) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘Ex5 cept in the case of milk and its products, or6 ders’’ and inserting ‘‘Orders’’;

7 (D) in paragraph (13)(A), by striking ‘‘,

8 except to a retailer in his capacity as a retailer

9 of milk and its products’’; and

10 (E) in paragraph (17), by striking the sec11 ond proviso.

12 (3) Section 8d(2) of the Agricultural Adjust13 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 608d(2)), reenacted with

14 amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agree15 ment Act of 1937, is amended by striking the second

16 sentence.

17 (4) Section 10(b)(2) of the Agricultural Adjust18 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 610(b)), reenacted with amend19 ments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act

20 of 1937, is amended—

21 (A) by striking clause (i);

22 (B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii)

23 as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and
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1 (C) in the first sentence of clause (i) (as

2 so redesignated), by striking ‘‘other com3 modity’’ and inserting ‘‘commodity’’.

4 (5) Section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment

5 Act (7 U.S.C. 611), reenacted with amendments by

6 the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937,

7 is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and

8 milk, and its products,’’.

9 (6) Section 715 of the Agriculture, Rural De10 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Re11 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 (7 U.S.C.

12 608d note; Public Law 103–111; 107 Stat. 1079),

13 is amended by striking the third proviso.

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

15 this section take effect on January 1, 2001.

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