Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act”.
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs.
Sec. 2 Mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs
Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “and” at the end;
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(C) for each manufacturer required to report under subparagraph (A) for any product, require that manufacturer to report production cost and product yield information, as determined by the Secretary, for all products processed in the same facility or facilities.”
in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting “products and” after “those”; and
in subsection (d)—
in the subsection heading, by striking “Electronic reporting” and inserting “Reporting”;
in paragraph (1)—
in the heading, by striking “Electronic reporting” and inserting “Reporting”; and
by striking “this section” and inserting in its place “subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1)”;
in paragraph (2), by striking “this section” and inserting in its place “subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1)”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Dairy products processing costs—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a report containing the information obtained under subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1).”