[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1265 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1265

 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Class I milk 
 price structure known as Option 1-A as part of the implementation of 
      the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 1999

 Mr. Coverdell (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Moynihan, 
    Mr. Helms, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Burns, Mr. Cleland, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
    Campbell, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
   Lieberman, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
   Santorum) 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 require the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the Class I milk 
 price structure known as Option 1-A as part of the implementation of 
      the final rule to consolidate 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. REQUIRED USE OF OPTION 1-A AS PRICE STRUCTURE FOR CLASS I 
              MILK UNDER CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS.

    (a) Use of Option 1-A.--In implementing the final decision for the 
consolidation and reform of Federal milk marketing orders, as required 
by section 143 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7253) and published in the Federal Register on April 2, 
1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 16025), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
implement, as the method for pricing fluid or Class I milk under the 
orders, the Class I price structure identified as Option 1A ``Location-
Specific Differentials Analysis'' in the proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register on January 30, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 4802, 4809), and 
amended by 63 Fed. Reg. 9686 (February 25, 1998), rather than the 
modified Option 1-B included as part of the final decision.
    (b) Effect on Implementation Schedule.--The requirement to use 
Option 1-A in subsection (a) does not modify or delay the time period 
for actual implementation of the final decision as part of Federal milk 
marketing orders specified in section 738 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A 
of Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-30).
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