[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 659 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 659

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
    replace the prohibition on higher State make allowances for the 
 processing of milk with a requirement that the support purchase price 
for milk be reduced if a person collects a State make allowance that is 
higher than the Federal make allowance and the milk is purchased by the 
         Commodity Credit Corporation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 31 (legislative day, March 27), 1995

 Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
    replace the prohibition on higher State make allowances for the 
 processing of milk with a requirement that the support purchase price 
for milk be reduced if a person collects a State make allowance that is 
higher than the Federal make allowance and the milk is purchased by the 
         Commodity Credit Corporation, 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. MILK MANUFACTURING MARKETING ADJUSTMENT.

    Subsections (a) and (b) of section 102 of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1446e-1) are amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Federal make allowance.--The term `Federal make 
        allowance' means the allowance for the processing of milk that 
        is permitted under a Federal program to establish a Grade A 
        price for manufacturing butter, nonfat dry milk, or cheese.
            ``(2) Person.--The term `person' includes a cooperative.
            ``(3) State make allowance.--The term `State make 
        allowance' means the allowance for the processing of milk that 
        is permitted by a State for manufacturing butter, nonfat dry 
        milk, or cheese.
    ``(b) Milk Manufacturing Marketing Adjustment.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, if a person collects a State make allowance 
that is higher than the Federal make allowance and the milk or product 
of milk that is subject to the allowance is purchased by the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, regardless of the point of sale, the Corporation 
shall reduce the support purchase price for the milk and each product 
of the milk by an amount that is equal to the difference between the 
State make allowance and the Federal make allowance for the milk and 
product, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.''.
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