119-s581

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 581 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 581

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

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 13, 2025

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
 on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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 paragraph heading, by striking 
 ``Electronic reporting'' and inserting 
 ``Reporting''; and
            (ii) by striking ``this section'' and 
 inserting ``subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of 
 subsection

    (b)

    (1) '';
            (C) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``this section'' 
 and inserting ``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 subsection

    (b)

    (1)
            (C) .''.
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