3.0.0 3200 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z Senate S 2016-07-13 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-13T21:47:47Z Commodity Checkoff Program Improvement Act of 2016 114 3201 S 2016-07-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2016-07-13 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural research Agriculture and Food 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-25T18:14:53Z Voluntary Check-off Program Participation Act

This bill prohibits mandatory or compulsory check-off programs and requires producer participation in the programs to be voluntary at the point of sale. (A check-off program is a program to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. The Department of Agriculture oversees the programs, which are requested and funded by industry.)

]]> Voluntary Check-off Program Participation Act Display Title Voluntary Check-off Program Participation Act Short Titles as Introduced Voluntary Check-off Program Participation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit mandatory or compulsory check-off programs. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3200is/xml/BILLS-114s3200is.xml 2016-07-13 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.