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H.R. 324 108th Congress House

Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act

Official title: To restore the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact and to grant the consent of Congress to the Southern Dairy Compact, a Pacific Nort… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To restore the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact and to grant the consent of Congress to the Southern Dairy Compact, a Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact, and an Intermountain Dairy Compact.

Introduced: January 8, 2003 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedureAgricultural pricesAgricultural subsidiesAgriculture and Food
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jan 8, 2003
Introduced in House
Jan 8, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action March 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to include Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania within the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. Eliminates: (1) the Compact's termination date; and (2) certain restrictive authority respecting non-Compact milk. States that Ohio is the only additional State that may join such Compact. Eliminates and revises specified provisions regarding Compact implementation, duration, restricting authority, and Commodity Credit Corporation compensation.

States that Congress consents to the Southern Dairy Compact entered into by Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. States that Florida, Nebraska, and Texas are the only additional States that may join such Compact. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk unless otherwise consented to by the Congress. Provides for Commodity Credit Corporation compensation. Sets forth the Southern Dairy Compact.

States that Congress consents to: (1) the Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact proposed for California, Oregon, and Washington; and (2) the Intermountain Dairy Compact proposed for Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk. Provides for Corporation compensation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 324: Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-324/
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