[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1416 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1416

  To amend the Agriculture Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 to allow a 
 modified bloc voting by cooperative associations of milk producers in 
    connection with the scheduled August referendum on Federal Milk 
                        Marketing Order reform.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 1999

Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. Kohl) 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 Agriculture Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 to allow a 
 modified bloc voting by cooperative associations of milk producers in 
    connection with the scheduled August referendum on Federal Milk 
                        Marketing Order reform.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    The Act may be cited as the ``Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. MODIFIED BLOC VOTING.

    Notwithstanding section 8c(12) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
(7 U.S.C. 608c(12)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, in the case of the referendum 
conducted as part of the consolidation of Federal milk marketing orders 
and related reforms under section 143 of the Agricultural Market 
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7253), if a cooperative association of milk 
producers elects a vote on behalf of its members as authorized by such 
section 8c(12), the cooperative association shall provide to each 
producer, on whose behalf the cooperative association is expressing 
approval or disapproval, written notice containing--
            (1) a description of the questions presented in the 
        referendum;
            (2) a statement of the manner in which the cooperative 
        association intends to cast its vote on behalf of the 
        membership; and
            (3) information regarding the procedures by which a 
        producer may cast an individual ballot.
When ballots are tabulated by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary shall adjust the vote of a cooperative association to reflect 
individual votes submitted by producers who are members of, 
stockholders in, or under contract with, the cooperative association.
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