HR 1604 106th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Agricultural price supports Agricultural prices Agriculture and Food Alabama Arkansas Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Connecticut Dairy industry Delaware Department of Agriculture Florida Georgia Interstate commissions Interstate compacts Kansas Kentucky

Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act

Introduced: April 28, 1999 See on congress.gov

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To President

Became law

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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