Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes, which shall be classified as Class II milk, by using the national average cost of production, and for other purposes.

6/27/2007--Introduced.
Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to base the minimum Class II milk price on the average production cost of producing all milk in the 48 contiguous states. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) announce the minimum price for Class II milk by November 1 of each year, with specified price adjustment dates;
(2) use the Class II milk price as the basic formula price for all federal and state milk marketing orders and all unregulated milk production areas; and
(3) estimate annual milk production and domestic consumption. States that the price of Class I (fluid) milk price in all federal and state milk marketing orders and all unregulated milk production areas shall be equal to the basic formula price plus the opportunity cost of unpaid labor for producing all milk. Prohibits imposition of producer charges for the cost of hauling milk or the conversion of raw milk to manufactured products. Sets forth provisions respecting:
(1) milk inventory management; and
(2) milk handler responsibilities. States that in the case of a federal milk order, disapproval of an amendment to the order shall not be considered disapproval of the order or of other terms of the order.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
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Committees

• Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1722

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June 27, 2007

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• Jun 27, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
• Jun 27, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8620-8621)
• Introduced on Jun 27, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Agriculture
• Agricultural prices
• Business
• Dairy industry
• 4 more
• Food
• Inventories
• Marketing orders
• Milk

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August 10, 2007 Farmers and Consumers Are Both Getting Milked By the Dairy Giants

Casey recently introduced S. 1722, the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act, which would put milk producers – not the dairy industry – back in the ...

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August 02, 2007 Pennsylvania Farmers Union Commends Senators

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August 02, 2007 Pennsylvania Farmers Union Commends Senators

MILLVILLE ? Pennsylvania Farmers Union commends Pennsylvania Senators Arlen Specter and Robert Casey for introducing and sponsoring Senate Bill S. 1722, ...

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August 02, 2007 Pennsylvania Farmers Union Commends Senators

MILLVILLE ? Pennsylvania Farmers Union commends Pennsylvania Senators Arlen Specter and Robert Casey for introducing and sponsoring Senate Bill S. 1722, ...

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June 26, 2007 Bill Action: Introduced: S. 1722: A bill to amend the Agricultural ...

Arlen Specter [R-PA] introduced S. 1722: A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes, which shall be classified as Class II ...

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