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Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act

Introduced: April 28, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Jul 29, 1999
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 3.
Jul 29, 1999
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 17, 1999
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 11, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Apr 28, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 28, 1999
Introduced in House
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact

Title II: Southern Dairy Compact

Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act - Title I: Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to include Maryland, New Jersey, and New York within the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. Includes Ohio among the additional States that may join such Compact, and eliminates Virginia from such group. Eliminates and revises specified provisions regarding Compact implementation, duration, restricting authority, and Commodity Credit Corporation compensation.

Title II: Southern Dairy Compact - States that Congress consents to the Southern Dairy Compact entered into by Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Includes Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas as additional States that may join such Compact.

Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk unless otherwise consented to by Congress. Provides for Commodity Credit Corporation compensation.

Sets forth the Southern Dairy Compact.

What's happening now July 29, 1999

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 3.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 744 Procedurally related To rescind the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 10 Republican 4 Independent 1
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jul 14, 1999
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · May 25, 1999
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · May 25, 1999
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 28, 1999
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 28, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 28, 1999
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 28, 1999
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