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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3426 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require monthly reporting to the Secretary of Agriculture of items contained in the cold storage 

survey and the dairy products survey of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 26, 2010 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require 

monthly reporting to the Secretary of Agriculture of 

items contained in the cold storage survey and the dairy 

products survey of the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service. 

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

3 SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM REPORTING REQUIRE4 MENTS. 

5 Section 273(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

6 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b(b)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 

2 (B) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) require each manufacturer and other 

4 appropriate person to report to the Secretary, 

5 at a periodic interval determined by the Sec6 retary, information on the products in the cold 

7 storage survey and the dairy products survey of 

8 the National Agricultural Statistics Service.’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

14 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(E) the Secretary may exempt from all 

17 reporting requirements any manufacturer or fa18 cility that stores less than an average of 10,000 

19 pounds monthly on an annual basis.’’. 

20 SEC. 2. COLD STORAGE SURVEY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS 

21 SURVEY. 

22 Section 273(c)(3) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 

23 of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b(c)(3)) is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(C) COLD STORAGE SURVEY.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 

2 the cold storage survey of the National Ag3 ricultural Statistics Service, each facility 

4 storing dairy products shall report to the 

5 Secretary each month information on the 

6 quantity of dairy products stored. 

7 ‘‘(ii) AUDIT.—The Secretary, acting 

8 through the Administrator of the Agricul9 tural Marketing Service, shall take such 

10 measures as are necessary to audit the 

11 survey described in paragraph (1) and en12 sure compliance with the reporting require13 ment. 

14 ‘‘(D) DAIRY PRODUCTS SURVEY.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 

16 the dairy products survey of the National 

17 Agricultural Statistics Service, each manu18 facturer storing dairy products shall report 

19 to the Secretary each month information 

20 on the quantity of dairy products stored. 

21 ‘‘(ii) AUDIT.—The Secretary, acting 

22 through the Administrator of the Agricul23 tural Marketing Service, shall take such 

24 measures as are necessary to audit the 

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1 sure compliance with the reporting require2 ment.’’. 

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