3.0.0 457 2019-11-15T21:45:11Z 2019-11-15T21:45:11Z Senate S S 2011-03-02 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-02T20:57:45Z 2011-03-02 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2011-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-05-10 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Government information and archives Agriculture and Food 00 2011-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-08T17:41:09Z Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2011 - Requires, with respect to a specified referendum on federal milk marketing orders and related reforms, that: (1) if a cooperative association of milk producers elects bloc voting on behalf of its members it must provide each producer with written notice regarding individual ballot procedures, the milk marketing information clearinghouse, and the cooperative's voting intention; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) adjust the association vote to reflect individual producer votes.

Requires that each federal milk marketing order: (1) establish a referendum information clearinghouse that includes individual ballot information and referendum due dates and texts, and (2) provide producers with referendum alerts.

]]> Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2011 Display Title Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow modified bloc voting by cooperative associations of milk producers in connection with a referendum on Federal milk marketing order reform. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s457is/xml/BILLS-112s457is.xml 2011-03-02 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.