HR 4652
106th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Administrative procedure
Cheese
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Dairy industry
Dairy products
Department of Health and Human Services
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Farmers
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Labeling
Law
Milk
Standards
Quality Cheese Act of 2000
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jun 14, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jun 14, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Quality Cheese Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from: (1) using Federal funds to amend specified regulations to include dry ultra-filtered milk or casein in the definition of "milk" or "nonfat milk" as specified in the domestic natural standards for cheese and cheese products; and (2) amending such regulations and definitions to include wet ultra-filtered milk until 60 days after submission of the study required by this Act.
Directs the Commissioner, in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture, to study the impact of wet ultra-filtered milk's use on dairy farmers.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
2