[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3068 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3068

 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to use the price of feed grains and other cash expenses as 
   factors to determine the basic formula price for milk under milk 
                           marketing orders.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 7, 2002

  Mr. Specter 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 require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to use the price of feed grains and other cash expenses as 
   factors to determine the basic formula price for milk under milk 
                           marketing orders.

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

SECTION 1. BASIC FORMULA PRICE.

    Section 8c(5) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
608c(5)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(M) Using as factors to determine the basic formula price for 
milk under an order issued pursuant to this section--
            ``(i) the price of feed grains, including the cost of 
        concentrates, byproducts, liquid whey, hay, silage, pasture, 
        and other forage; and
            ``(ii) other cash expenses, including the cost of hauling, 
        artificial insemination, veterinary services and medicine, 
        bedding and litter, marketing, custom services and supplies, 
        fuel, lubrication, electricity, machinery and building repairs, 
        labor, association fees, and assessments.''.
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