119-hr295

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 295 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 295

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to 
 mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 9, 2025

 Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Finstad, 
 Ms. Tenney, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Costa, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Valadao) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to 
 mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY REPORTING OF DAIRY PRODUCTS PROCESSING COSTS.

 

Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1637b) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) , by striking 
 ``and'' at the end;
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking the 
 period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (C) for each manufacturer required to report 
 under subparagraph
        (A) for any product, require that 
 manufacturer to report production cost and product 
 yield information, as determined by the Secretary, for 
 all products processed in the same facility or 
 facilities.''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) , by inserting ``products 
 and'' after ``those''; and

    (2) in subsection
            (d) --
        (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
 ``Electronic Reporting'' and inserting ``Reporting'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) in the heading, by striking 
 ``Electronic Reporting'' and inserting 
 ``Reporting''; and
            (ii) by striking ``this section'' and 
 inserting in its place ``subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of subsection

    (b)

    (1) '';
            (C) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``this section'' 
 and inserting in its place ``subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of subsection

    (b)

    (1) ''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Dairy products processing costs.--Not later than 3 
 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 
 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a report 
 containing the information obtained under subparagraph
            (C) of 
 subsection

    (b)

    (1) .''.
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