California Milk Marketing Order Act

Bill: 113-s-663
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-03-22
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion

California
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2338)

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>California Milk Marketing Order Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers, to designate California as a separate federal milk marketing order. </p> <p>Provides that if so designated, the order covering California shall have the right to reblend and distribute order receipts to recognize quota value. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 663 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 22, 2013 Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To provide for the inclusion of the State of California as a separate Federal milk marketing order upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers of such inclusion.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the California Milk Marketing Order Act . 2. Inclusion of California as separate milk marketing order (a) Inclusion authorized Upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers in the manner provided in section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act ( 7 U.S.C. 608c ), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, the Secretary of Agriculture shall designate the State of California as a separate Federal milk marketing order. (b) Special considerations If designated under subsection (a), the order covering California shall have the right to reblend and distribute order receipts to recognize quota value.