Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005
Latest action · Oct 17, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedOct 7, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject specified Class I milk handlers (including producer-handlers) to federal milk marketing order minimum and uniform price requirements applicable to the county in which the plant of the handler is located, at federal order class prices, if the handler has packaged fluid milk product route dispositions, or sales of packaged fluid milk products to other plants, in a marketing area located in a state that requires handlers to pay minimum prices for raw milk purchases.
Exempts from such provision: (1) a handler operating a nonpool plant; (2) a producer-handler for any month during which packaged fluid milk route dispositions and sales to other plants are less than three million pounds of milk; or (3) specified handlers whose fluid milk products are disposed of as route dispositions or transfers, or whose dispositions or transfers are in states requiring minimum prices for raw milk purchases.
Subjects a Class I milk handler in the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area (Order 131) to minimum milk price requirements for any month in which the handler distributes in such area at least three million pounds of Class I products from his or her own production.
Excludes Nevada from federal milk marketing orders.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 7, 2005 to Mar 28, 2006; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-NV | Jim Gibbons | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-CA | Richard W. Pombo | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Rick Renzi | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-CA | William M. Thomas | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Nov 1, 2005 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Nov 15, 2005 | |
| R-MN | Mark R. Kennedy | Dec 13, 2005 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Dec 15, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Jan 31, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jan 31, 2006 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Jean Schmidt | Mar 28, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Oct 7, 2005 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Oct 17, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Oct 7, 2005Introduced in House
- Oct 7, 2005Referred 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.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-7 | THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE134 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 12, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2120 | Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 | Identical bill | Apr 11, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure regulatory equity between and among all dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated milk marketing areas and into certain non-federally regulated milk marketing areas from federally regulated areas, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 7, 2005Introduced in House
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