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.

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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
Amendment 935 — Informed