HR 1878 · 107th Congress 2001โ€“2003, ended

National Family Farm Dairy Equity Act of 2001

Latest action · May 21, 2001 Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

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 16, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Family Farm Dairy Equity Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make direct payments to milk producers: (1) who agree to make specified milk marketing reductions: and (2) whenever the (three-month) average milk price for a given month is less than a specified target price.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 17, 2001.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WIDavid R. ObeyMay 17, 2001
D-WITammy BaldwinMay 17, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred May 16, 2001
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Referred May 21, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
  2. May 21, 2001Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
  3. May 16, 2001Introduced in House
  4. May 16, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 107-520S. 1157, THE DAIRY CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS PROTECTION ACT OF 2001125 pagesJudiciary CommitteeJul 25, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide supplemental payments to dairy producers based upon their annual milk marketings and to provide additional payments to dairy producers for any month in which the prices received by producers for milk for the preceding three months is less than a target price of $12.50 per hundredweight.
Short Titles as Introduced
National Family Farm Dairy Equity Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 16, 2001Introduced in House

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