[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1930 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1930

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for the termination 
                       of milk marketing orders.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 1999

   Mr. Grams 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 Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for the termination 
                       of 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) In General.--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).
    (b) Prohibition on Subsequent Orders Regarding Milk.--Section 8c(2) 
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(2)), reenacted with 
amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is 
amended in the first sentence--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Milk, fruits'' and 
        inserting ``Fruits''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``milk,'' after 
        ``honey,''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 2(3) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 
        U.S.C. 602(3)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
        Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking ``, 
        other than milk and its products,''.
            (2) 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--
                    (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.
            (3) Section 8d(2) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 
        U.S.C. 608d(2)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
        Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking the 
        second sentence.
            (4) Section 10(b)(2) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 
        U.S.C. 610(b)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
        Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended--
                    (A) by striking clause (i);
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 
                clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and
                    (C) in the first sentence of clause (i) (as so 
                redesignated), by striking ``other commodity'' and 
                inserting ``commodity''.
            (5) Section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
        611), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
        Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the first sentence 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 (7 U.S.C. 608d note; Public Law 103-111; 107 Stat. 
        1079), is amended by striking the third proviso.
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