HR 1827 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of 2001

Introduced May 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Asa Hutchinson R-AR

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 30, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 14, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to include Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania within the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. Eliminates: (1) the Compact's termination date; and (2) certain restrictive authority respecting non-Compact milk. States that only Ohio may join such Compact. Eliminates and revises specified provisions regarding Compact implementation, duration, restricting authority, and Commodity Credit Corporation compensation.

States that Congress consents to the Southern Dairy Compact entered into by Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. States that only Florida, Nebraska, and Texas may join such Compact. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk unless otherwise consented to by the Congress. Provides for Commodity Credit Corporation compensation. Sets forth the Southern Dairy Compact.

States that Congress consents to: (1) the Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact proposed for California, Oregon, and Washington; and (2) the Intermountain Dairy Compact proposed for Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk. Provides for Corporation compensation. States that such Compacts shall be the same as the Southern Dairy Compact with specified differences.

Cosponsors 163

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2001 to Jul 24, 2001, with 159 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WVAlan B. MollohanOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-FLAllen BoydOriginalMay 14, 2001
R-NYAmo HoughtonOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalMay 14, 2001
R-NYBenjamin A. GilmanOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMay 14, 2001
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalMay 14, 2001
R-ALBob RileyOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-OKBrad CarsonOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMay 14, 2001
R-NCCass BallengerOriginalMay 14, 2001
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMay 14, 2001
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 30, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
  2. May 14, 2001Introduced in House
  3. May 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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