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HR 4015 109th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices Agricultural subsidies Arizona Marketing orders Milk Nevada

Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005

Introduced: October 7, 2005 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Oct 7, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 7, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject 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 a nonpool plant; (2) a producer-handler for any month during which packaged fluid milk route dispositions and sales to other plants are less than three million pounds of milk; or (3) specified handlers whose fluid milk products are disposed of as route dispositions or transfers, or whose dispositions or transfers are in states requiring minimum prices for raw milk purchases.

Subjects a Class I milk handler in the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area (Order 131) to minimum milk price requirements for any month in which the handler distributes in such area at least three million pounds of Class I products from his or her own production.

Excludes Nevada from federal milk marketing orders.

What's happening now October 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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