[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6937 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6937

 To provide for the improved collection of data for organic dairy, and 
                          for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2024

  Ms. Pingree (for herself and Mr. Molinaro) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the improved collection of data for organic dairy, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``The Organic Dairy Data Collection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION FOR ORGANIC DAIRY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this 
Act as the ``Secretary'') shall provide support for regional and 
national programs to collect and publish cost-of-production data for 
organic milk, including data relating to--
            (1) the costs of major organic feedstuffs, including--
                    (A) corn;
                    (B) corn silage;
                    (C) soybeans;
                    (D) sorghum;
                    (E) oilseeds;
                    (F) small grains;
                    (G) forage crops;
                    (H) pasture;
                    (I) hay; and
                    (J) any other major organic feedstuff, as 
                determined by the Secretary;
            (2) with respect to the costs described in paragraph (1), 
        prices for--
                    (A) major organic feedstuffs produced domestically; 
                and
                    (B) imported major organic feedstuffs; and
            (3) all other costs relating to the production of organic 
        milk.
    (b) Organic All Milk Price Survey.--Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
survey, to be known as the ``Organic All Milk Prices Survey'', which 
shall be analogous to the existing All Milk Prices Survey of the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, to gather and report monthly 
data about the amounts that organic dairy farmers are being paid for 
the organic milk produced by those organic dairy farmers and the prices 
received for organic milk cows, including--
            (1) national data; and
            (2) data relating to, at a minimum, the 6 regions with the 
        greatest quantity of organic dairy production, as determined by 
        the Secretary.
    (c) Organic Milk Reporting.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary, using data collected by 
        the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Economic 
        Research Service, or the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall 
        publish new periodic reports that include, or add to existing 
        periodic reports, data for organic milk, which shall be 
        equivalent to data reported for conventionally produced milk.
            (2) Requirement.--Reports published under paragraph (1) 
        shall include, at a minimum--
                    (A) organic cost-of-production data by State;
                    (B) regional data relating to the quantity of 
                organic milk production;
                    (C) organic mailbox price for the 6 regions with 
                the greatest quantity of organic dairy production, as 
                determined by the Secretary; and
                    (D) major organic feedstuff prices.
                                 <all>