3.0.0 2525 2023-01-15T09:32:49Z 2023-01-15T09:32:49Z Senate S S 2004-06-16 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-16T18:54:17Z 2004-06-16 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2004-06-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6888-6889) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2004-06-16 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2004-06-17 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2004-06-17 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2004-06-17 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2004-06-17 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2004-06-17 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2004-06-17 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-06-17 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-06-17 False Agriculture and Food Administrative fees Administrative procedure Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural prices Agricultural production Agricultural subsidies Child nutrition Civil actions and liability Commerce Cost effectiveness Dairy industry Department of Agriculture Economic research Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Executive reorganization Families Food consumption Food prices Food relief Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government trust funds Indexing (Economic policy) Injunctions Law Losses Marketing of farm produce Marketing orders Milk Nutrition Price regulation Referendum School lunch program Small business Social Welfare State laws WIC program Women Agriculture and Food 00 2004-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-28T17:00:14Z National Dairy Equity Act of 2004 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to give producers in a State participating in the national dairy market loss payment program 60 days to decide whether to continue participating in such program or to participate in the program established under this Act.

Establishes the following five regional dairy marketing areas: (1) Northeast region - Northeast Dairy Marketing Area (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont); (2) Southern region - Southern Dairy Marketing Area (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia); (3) Upper midwest region - Upper Midwest Dairy Marketing Area (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin); (4) Intermountain region - Intermountain Dairy Marketing Area (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) and (5) Pacific region - Pacific Dairy Marketing Area (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington).

Administers each region by a Regional Dairy Board. Sets forth Board powers, including authority to establish: (1) over-order price (a price higher than the marketing order or non-marketing area price) for Class I milk; (2) equalization pools to equalize over-order prices to producers throughout a regulated area; and (3) processor administrative fees. Requires producer referendum to approve of a proposed over-order price establishment, amendment, or termination.

States that each covered processor that purchases Class I milk during a month that will be sold in the regulated area of a Region shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the product of the over-order premium and the quantity of purchased Class I milk.

Establishes in the Treasury the National Dairy Producers Fund. Directs the Secretary to make monthly payments from the Fund to the Boards which shall make payments to eligible producers of all milk classes.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the national dairy market loss payment program.

]]> National Dairy Equity Act of 2004 Display Title National Dairy Equity Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Dairy Equity Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-01-01T05:00:00Z 2004-06-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.