[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 456 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 456

  To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require monthly 
  reporting to the Secretary of Agriculture of items contained in the 
   cold storage survey and the dairy products survey of the National 
                    Agricultural Statistics Service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2011

Mrs. Gillibrand 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 Marketing Act of 1946 to require monthly 
  reporting to the Secretary of Agriculture of items contained in the 
   cold storage survey and the dairy products survey of the National 
                    Agricultural Statistics Service.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cold Storage Reporting Improvement 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 273(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1637b(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (B) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) require each manufacturer and other 
                appropriate person to report to the Secretary, at a 
                periodic interval determined by the Secretary, 
                information on the products in the cold storage survey 
                and the dairy products survey of the National 
                Agricultural Statistics Service.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) the Secretary may exempt from all reporting 
                requirements any manufacturer or facility that stores 
                less than an average of 10,000 pounds monthly on an 
                annual basis.''.

SEC. 3. COLD STORAGE SURVEY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS SURVEY.

    Section 273(c)(3) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1637b(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Cold storage survey.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For purposes of the cold 
                        storage survey of the National Agricultural 
                        Statistics Service, each facility storing dairy 
                        products shall report to the Secretary each 
                        month information on the quantity of dairy 
                        products stored.
                            ``(ii) Audit.--Subject to the availability 
                        of appropriations, the Secretary shall take 
                        such measures as are necessary to audit the 
                        survey described in paragraph (1) and ensure 
                        compliance with the reporting requirement.
                    ``(D) Dairy products survey.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For purposes of the 
                        dairy products survey of the National 
                        Agricultural Statistics Service, each 
                        manufacturer storing dairy products shall 
                        report to the Secretary each month information 
                        on the quantity of dairy products stored.
                            ``(ii) Audit.--Subject to the availability 
                        of appropriations, the Secretary shall take 
                        such measures as are necessary to audit the 
                        survey described in paragraph (1) and ensure 
                        compliance with the reporting requirement.''.
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