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

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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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