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Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter. As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.
Action Timeline
2025-02-13
Introduced in Senate
2025-02-13
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.581 pass?
S.581 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 23%.
What does S.581 do?
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter. As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekl…
Who sponsored S.581?
S.581 was sponsored by Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-New York).
Full Bill Text
119 S581 IS: Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act U.S. Senate 2025-02-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 581 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2025 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Ms. Collins , and Mrs. Shaheen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 with respect to mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act . 2. Mandatory reporting of dairy products processing costs Section 273 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1637b ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking and at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) 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. ; and (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting products and after those ; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Electronic Reporting and inserting Reporting ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking Electronic reporting and inserting Reporting ; and (ii) by striking this section and inserting subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1) ; (C) in paragraph (2), by striking this section and inserting subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1) ; and (D) 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 subsection (b)(1)(C). .
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