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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1756 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate hearings to review Federal 

milk marketing orders relating to pricing of Class I skim milk, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2023 

Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, 

Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. 

WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. STEWART, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Ms. 

TENNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate hearings 

to review Federal milk marketing orders relating to pricing of Class I skim milk, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dairy Pricing Oppor5 tunity Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NOTICE AND HEARINGS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 


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1 shall provide notice of, and initiate, national hearings to 

2 review Federal milk marketing orders under section 8c(3) 

3 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(3)), 

4 reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 

5 Agreement Act of 1937, which shall include review and 

6 consideration of views and proposals of producers and the 

7 dairy industry on the Class I skim milk price, including 

8 the ‘‘higher of’’ Class I skim milk formula described in 

9 subsection (b) and any other views and proposals on the 

10 Class I skim milk price, and such other matters as the 

11 Secretary of Agriculture considers appropriate. 

12 (b) ‘‘HIGHER OF’’ CLASS I SKIM MILK FORMULA

13 DESCRIBED.—The ‘‘higher of’’ Class I skim milk formula 

14 referred to in subsection (a) is the formula under which, 

15 for purposes of determining prices for milk of the highest 

16 use classification, the Class I skim milk price per hundred17 weight specified in section 1000.50(b) of title 7, Code of 

18 Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), is equal to 

19 the sum obtained by adding— 

20 (1) the adjusted Class I differential specified in 

21 section 1000.52 of that title (or successor regula22 tions); 

23 (2) the adjustment to Class I prices specified in 

24 sections 1005.51(b), 1006.51(b), and 1007.51(b) of 

25 that title (or successor regulations); and 


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1 (3) the higher of— 

2 (A) the advanced pricing factor computed 

3 under section 1000.50(q)(1) of that title (or 

4 successor regulations); and 

5 (B) the advanced pricing factor computed 

6 under section 1000.50(q)(2) of that title (or 

7 successor regulations). 

8 SEC. 3. MANDATORY REPORTING OF DAIRY PRODUCT 

9 PROCESSING COSTS. 

10 Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

11 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

16 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

17 and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(C) for each manufacturer required to re20 port under subparagraph (A) for any product, 

21 require that manufacturer to report cost and 

22 yield information, as determined by the Sec23 retary, for all products processed in the same 

24 facility or facilities; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) require any manufacturer of such 

2 other dairy products as determined by the Sec3 retary to report cost and yield information in 

4 the same manner as under subparagraph (C), 

5 for the purposes of providing information for 

6 the regulatory or administrative establishment 

7 of pricing rules.’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(3) DAIRY PRODUCT PROCESSING COSTS.—Not 

11 later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 

12 this paragraph, and every 2 years thereafter, the 

13 Secretary shall publish a report containing the infor14 mation obtained under subparagraphs (C) and (D) 

15 of subsection (b)(1).’’. 

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