[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 438 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 438

 To rescind the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
                                Compact.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 1997

 Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Obey, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
Klug, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
    Stupak, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Minge, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Gutknecht, 
  Mr. Vento, and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To rescind the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
                                Compact.

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

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL RESCISSION OF NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY 
              COMPACT.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) In section 147 of the Agricultural Market Transition 
        Act (title I of Public Law 104-127; 7 U.S.C. 7256), Congress 
        gave conditional consent to the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
        Compact entered into among the States of Connecticut, Maine, 
        Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as 
        specified in section 1(b) of Senate Joint Resolution 28 of the 
        104th Congress (as placed on the calendar of the Senate).
            (2) In section 22 of the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
        Compact, Congress expressly reserved the right to amend or 
        rescind the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact at any time.
    (b) Rescission.--Pursuant to the reservation of authority referred 
to in subsection (a)(2), Congress hereby rescinds its consent to the 
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact entered into among the States of 
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and 
Vermont.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 147 of the Agricultural Market 
Transition Act (title I of Public Law 104-127; 7 U.S.C. 7256) is 
repealed.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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