[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4110 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4110
To provide for the improved collection of data for organic dairy, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 24, 2025
Ms. Pingree (for herself, Mr. Wied, and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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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.
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