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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1402

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Class I milk price

structure known as Option 1–A as part of the implementation of the

final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 14, 1999

Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr.

HOLDEN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. BALDACCI, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. SKEEN,

Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. WALSH, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. RILEY, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. HEFLEY, Ms.

DELAURO, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr.

MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. BOYD, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. FOLEY, Mrs.

FOWLER, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MICA, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. STEARNS,

Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COLLINS, Mr.

DEAL of Georgia, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LINDER,

Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. BAKER,

Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JOHN, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr.

CAPUANO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. OLVER, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.

GILCHREST, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BARCIA, Ms. DANNER,

Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. TALENT, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. COBLE, Mr. HAYES, Mr.

MCINTYRE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. TAYLOR of

North Carolina, Mr. BASS, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. SAXTON,

Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. KELLY,

Mr. LAFALCE, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. NEY, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. WATKINS, Mr.

DOYLE, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. KLINK, Mr. MASCARA,

Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. PITTS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. TANNER, Mr.

BONILLA, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr.

HANSEN, Mr. GOODE, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. DUNN, Mr. METCALF, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr.

RAHALL, and Mr. WISE) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Agriculture
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•HR 1402 IH

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the

Class I milk price structure known as Option 1–A as

part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate

Federal 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. REQUIRED USE OF OPTION 1–A AS PRICE

4 STRUCTURE FOR CLASS I MILK UNDER CON5 SOLIDATED FEDERAL MILK MARKETING OR6 DERS.

7 (a) USE OF OPTION 1–A.—In implementing the final

8 decision for the consolidation and reform of Federal milk

9 marketing orders, as required by section 143 of the Fed10 eral Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7

11 U.S.C. 7253) and published in the Federal Register on

12 April 2, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 16025), the Secretary of Ag13 riculture shall implement, as the method for pricing fluid

14 or Class I milk under the orders, the Class I price struc15 ture identified as Option 1A ‘‘Location-Specific Differen16 tials Analysis’’ in the proposed rule published in the Fed17 eral Register on January 30, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 4802,

18 4809), and amended by 63 Fed. Reg. 9686 (February 25,

19 1998), rather than the modified Option 1–B included as

20 part of the final decision.
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•HR 1402 IH

1 (b) EFFECT ON IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.—The

2 requirement to use Option 1–A in subsection (a) does not

3 modify or delay the time period for actual implementation

4 of the final decision as part of Federal milk marketing

5 orders specified in section 738 of the Agriculture, Rural

6 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re7 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in

8 section 101(a) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 112

9 Stat. 2681–30).

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