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Farmer’s Milk in Low-Income Kitchens Act

H.R. 6834 · 116th Congress · May 12, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program to facilitate the partnership of certain dairy distributors and certain dairy organizations, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Farmer’s Milk in Low-Income Kitchens Act” or the “MILK Act”.

Sec. 2 Dairy distributor and dairy organization partnerships

Section 1431 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9071) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k);
(2)
in subsection (k), as so redesignated, by striking “, and $5,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter” and inserting “and for each fiscal year thereafter”; and
(3)
by inserting after subsection (i) the following:

“(j) Dairy distributor and dairy organization partnerships—The Secretary shall carry out a program to match eligible dairy organizations with eligible distributors under this section in order to facilitate the formation of eligible partnerships.”