3.0.0 740 2023-01-11T13:36:12Z 2023-01-11T13:36:12Z Senate S 2017-03-28 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-28T15:16:47Z Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act 115 1752 HR 2017-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-28 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-03-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2017-06-19 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-01-24 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural research Agriculture and Food 00 2017-03-28 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-18T20:49:11Z Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act

This bill prohibits mandatory or compulsory checkoff programs and requires producer participation in the programs to be voluntary at the point of sale. (A checkoff 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 Checkoff Program Participation Act Display Title Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit mandatory or compulsory checkoff programs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s740is/xml/BILLS-115s740is.xml 2017-03-28 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.