[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1139]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2854

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title II, add the following 
     new subtitle:

             Subtitle C--Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact

     SEC. 231. CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT FOR NORTHEAST INTERSTATE 
                   DAIRY COMPACT.

       Congress consents to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact 
     entered into among the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, 
     Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, subject 
     to the following conditions:
       (1) Compensation of ccc.--Before the end of each fiscal 
     year that a Compact price regulation is in effect, the 
     Compact Commission shall compensate the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation for the cost of any purchases of milk and milk 
     products by the Corporation that result from any projected 
     increase in fluid milk production for the fiscal year within 
     the Compact region in excess of the national average rate of 
     production.
       (2) Milk market order administrator.--By agreement among 
     the States and the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Administrator shall provide technical assistance to the 
     Compact Commission, and be reimbursed for assistance, with 
     respect to the applicable milk marketing order issued under 
     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.
       (3) Termination and renewal.--The consent for the Compact--
       (A) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the 
     date of establishment of a Compact over-order price, subject 
     to subparagraph (B); and
       (B) may be renewed by Congress, without prior re-
     ratification by the States' legislatures.