[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2322 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2322

  To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to terminate Federal milk 
                           marketing orders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to terminate 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. TERMINATION OF MILK MARKETING ORDERS.

    (a) Termination.--Section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 
U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking paragraphs (5) and (18) 
relating to milk and its products.
    (b) Prohibition on Subsequent Orders Regarding Milk.--Paragraph (2) 
of such section is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Milk, fruits'' and inserting ``Fruits''; 
        and
            (2) by inserting ``milk,'' after ``honey,'' in subparagraph 
        (B).
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 2(3) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
602(3) is amended by striking ``, other than milk and its products,''.
    (2) Section 8c of such Act (7 U.S.C. 608c) is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``, other than milk and 
        its products,'';
            (B) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ``(except for milk and 
        cream to be sold for consumption in fluid form)'';
            (C) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ``Except in the case 
        of milk and its products, orders'' and inserting ``Orders'';
            (D) in paragraph (13)(A), by striking ``, except to a 
        retailer in his capacity as a retailer of milk and its 
        products''; and
            (E) in paragraph (17), by striking the second proviso, 
        which relates to milk orders.
    (3) Section 8d(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 608d(2)) is amended by 
striking the second sentence, which relates to information from milk 
handlers.
    (4) Section 10(b)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 610(b)) is amended--
            (A) by striking clause (i);
            (B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) 
        and (ii), respectively; and
            (C) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking ``other 
        commodity'' in the first sentence and inserting ``commodity''.
    (5) Section 11 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 611) is amended by striking 
``and milk, and its products,''.
    (6) Section 715 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 
(Public Law 103-111; 107 Stat. 1079; 7 U.S.C. 608d note), is amended by 
striking the third proviso, which relates to information from milk 
handlers.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on ________________.
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