[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1905 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1905

   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to reduce the price received by producers for milk that is 
  produced by cows injected with bovine growth hormone, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

   Mr. Obey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to reduce the price received by producers for milk that is 
  produced by cows injected with bovine growth hormone, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bovine Growth Hormone User 
Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PRICE RECEIVED FOR MILK PRODUCED BY COWS INJECTED 
              WITH BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE.

    Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446e) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (i) through (k) as 
        subsections (j) through (l), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(i) Reduction in price received for milk produced by cows 
injected with bovine growth hormone.--
            ``(1) In general.--Beginning January 1, 1994, in addition 
        to any reduction in price required under subsections (g) and 
        (h), the Secretary shall provide for a reduction in the price 
        received by producers who inject cows with bovine growth 
        hormone for milk--
                    ``(A) produced in the 48 contiguous States;
                    ``(B) marketed by producers for commercial use; and
                    ``(C) produced by cows that are injected with 
                bovine growth hormone.
            ``(2) Amount.--The amount of the reduction under paragraph 
        (1) in the price received by producers shall be the amount, 
        determined by the Secretary, that is equal to the increased 
        cost of purchasing milk and the products of milk under this 
        section as the result of the injection of cows with bovine 
        growth hormone.
            ``(3) Definitions.--As used in this subsection:
                    ``(A) Bovine growth hormone.--The term ``bovine 
                growth hormone'' means--
                            ``(i) a substance described as bovine 
                        somatotropin, bST, BST, bGH, or BGH; and
                            ``(ii) a growth hormone, intended for use 
                        in bovine, that has been produced through 
                        recombinant DNA techniques.
                    ``(B) Milk.--The term `milk' includes--
                            ``(i) milk produced by cows that have been 
                        injected with bovine growth hormone; and
                            ``(ii) milk that has been commingled with 
                        milk produced by cows that have been injected 
                        with bovine growth hormone.''; and
            (3) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), 
        by striking ``subsection (g) or (h)'' both places it appears 
        and inserting ``subsection (g), (h), or (i)''.

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