S 740
115th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research
Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 28, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act
This bill prohibits mandatory or compulsory checkoff programs and requires producer participation in the programs to be voluntary at the point of sale. (A checkoff program is a program to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. The Department of Agriculture oversees the programs, which are requested and funded by industry.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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