HR 2248
107th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural research
Agriculture in foreign trade
Business records
Butter
Cheese
Commerce
Dairy industry
Dairy products
Fees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Marketing of farm produce
Marketing orders
Milk
Referendum
Science, Technology, Communications
Dairy Promotion Fairness Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Jun 20, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 20, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Dairy Promotion Fairness Act - Amends the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to define "imported dairy product" and "importer" for purposes of the dairy promotion program.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint up to two qualifying dairy importers to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board.
Requires dairy importers to contribute to the dairy promotion program.
Makes both importers and producers (currently, limited to producers) eligible to vote in referendums.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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