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S 1827 108th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Commerce Department of Agriculture Food industry Frozen food Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government and business Marketing orders Produce trade

A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears.

Introduced: November 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Nov 5, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 5, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to eliminate pear marketing order requirements that: (1) processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order; and (2) processor and producer agency representation be equal respecting a marketing order for canned or frozen pears.

What's happening now November 5, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2984 Identical bill To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that processors be members of an agency administerin…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 5, 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 5, 2003
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 5, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1827: A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1827/
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"S. 1827: A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1827/.
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S. 1827, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1827/.
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