HR 1659
108th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural prices
Agricultural subsidies
Marketing orders
Milk
Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2003
Introduced: April 8, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 11, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Apr 11, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Apr 8, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 8, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2003 - Subjects specified Class I milk handlers (including producer-handlers) to Federal milk marketing order minimum and uniform price requirements applicable to the county in which the plant of the handler is located, at Federal order class prices, if the handler has packaged fluid milk product route dispositions, or sales of packaged fluid milk products to other plants, in a marketing area located in a State that requires handlers to pay minimum prices for raw milk purchases. Exempts from such provision: (1) a handler operating an exempt plant; or (2) a producer-handler for any month during which packaged fluid milk route dispositions and sales to other plants are less than six million pounds of milk.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Committees of jurisdiction
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