Amendment104th Congress
Amendment deletes dairy programs provisions and replaces them with provisions that phase out over five years price supports for butter, powdered milk and cheese with the authorization for dairy price support to expire in the year 2001; requires current Federal milk marketing orders to be consolidated into not more than 14 orders over the next 5 years; allows the State of California to maintain its own fluid milk standards; and repeals the Federal milk manufacturing allowance restriction on States that was contained in the 1990 farm bill.
- Amendment Number
- 935
- Description
- Amendment deletes dairy programs provisions and replaces them with provisions that phase out over five years price supports for butter, powdered milk and cheese with the authorization for dairy price support to expire in the year 2001; requires current Federal milk marketing orders to be consolidated into not more than 14 orders over the next 5 years; allows the State of California to maintain its own fluid milk standards; and repeals the Federal milk manufacturing allowance restriction on States that was contained in the 1990 farm bill.
- Purpose
- An amendment to phase out price supports for butter, powdered milk, and cheese over five years; consolidate federal milk marketing orders to 10-14 orders by the year 2001; allow the State of California to maintain its own fluid milk standards; and repeal the federal milk standards that would mandate adding milk solids to fluid milk.
- Congress
- 104
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Feb 28, 1996
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Solomon amendment (A006) Agreed to by recorded vote: 258 - 164, 1 Present (Roll no. 36).
- Latest Action Time
- 21:57:50
- Submitted Date
- Feb 28, 1996
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021