[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2482 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2482

To require that the Secretary of Agriculture include an estimate of the 
cost to produce milk whenever the Secretary announces the basic formula 
     price for milk to be used under Federal milk marketing orders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that the Secretary of Agriculture include an estimate of the 
cost to produce milk whenever the Secretary announces the basic formula 
     price for milk to be used under Federal milk marketing orders.

    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 shall be known as the ``True Cost of Diary Farming Act of 
1997.''

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ESTIMATE OF MILK PRODUCTION COSTS IN ANNOUNCEMENT 
              OF BASIC FORMULA PRICE.

    Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture announces the basic formula 
price for milk for purposes of Federal milk marketing orders issued 
under section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), 
reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 
of 1937, the Secretary shall include in the announcement an estimate of 
the cost to dairy producers, in the different regions of the United 
States, to produce milk. The estimate shall be stated on a per 
hundredweight base and it shall reflect total economic costs.
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