US Congress House Bill 8274 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 16 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission. The commission must conduct a comprehensive study on (1) decreasing real values of dairy farmer milk prices and income; (2) economic and policy causes for the declining number of small and medium-sized dairy operations; (3) levels of milk production in the United States with regional changes in farm numbers, cow numbers, and milk production per cow; (4) opportunities and challenges for increasing domestic and export demand for dairy products; (5) effects of declining dairy farm numbers on rural economies; and (6) causes for the consolidation within the dairy industry. In conducting the study, the commission shall develop legislative, regulatory, and market-based recommendations to improve milk prices and dairy farm profitability, including for responding to periods of heightened dairy production during low prices, enhancing competitiveness of American dairy in world markets, and evaluating new markets for dairy exports. The commission shall terminate on the earlier of (1) the date it submits to USDA and Congress a report containing the results of the study, including the legislative and regulatory recommendations; or (2) the date that is two years after the date of its first meeting.

Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission Act of 2020

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]

Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]

Rep. Tom Tiffany [R-WI]

Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2020-09-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8274/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8274/BILLS-116hr8274ih.pdf