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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1930

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for the termination

of milk marketing orders.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 16, 1999

Mr. GRAMS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for

the 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. TERMINATION OF MILK MARKETING ORDERS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8c of the Agricultural Ad5 justment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments

6 by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is

7 amended by striking paragraphs (5) and (18).

8 (b) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT ORDERS RE9 GARDING MILK.—Section 8c(2) of the Agricultural Ad10 justment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(2)), reenacted with amend-
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1 ments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

2 1937, is amended in the first sentence—

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

4 fruits’’ and inserting ‘‘Fruits’’; and

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

6 after ‘‘honey,’’.

7 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

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

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

10 by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

11 1937, is amended by striking ‘‘, other than milk and

12 its products,’’.

13 (2) Section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment

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

15 the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937,

16 is amended—

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

18 than milk and its products,’’;

19 (B) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘(ex20 cept for milk and cream to be sold for consump21 tion in fluid form)’’;

22 (C) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘Ex23 cept in the case of milk and its products, or24 ders’’ and inserting ‘‘Orders’’;
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1 (D) in paragraph (13)(A), by striking ‘‘,

2 except to a retailer in his capacity as a retailer

3 of milk and its products’’; and

4 (E) in paragraph (17), by striking the sec5 ond proviso.

6 (3) Section 8d(2) of the Agricultural Adjust7 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 608d(2)), reenacted with

8 amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agree9 ment Act of 1937, is amended by striking the second

10 sentence.

11 (4) Section 10(b)(2) of the Agricultural Adjust12 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 610(b)), reenacted with amend13 ments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act

14 of 1937, is amended—

15 (A) by striking clause (i);

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

17 as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and

18 (C) in the first sentence of clause (i) (as

19 so redesignated), by striking ‘‘other com20 modity’’ and inserting ‘‘commodity’’.

21 (5) Section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment

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

23 the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937,

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

25 milk, and its products,’’.
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1 (6) Section 715 of the Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Re3 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 (7 U.S.C.

4 608d note; Public Law 103–111; 107 Stat. 1079),

5 is amended by striking the third proviso.

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