2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 26 - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT (§§ 601 - 659)
Subchapter III - COMMODITY BENEFITS (§§ 608 - 627)
Section 627 - Dairy forward pricing pilot program
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 26 - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBCHAPTER III - COMMODITY BENEFITS Sec. 627 - Dairy forward pricing pilot program |
Contains | section 627 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, §23, as added Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, §1000(a)(8) [§3], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-519. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 113 Stat. 1536 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 106-113 |
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Not later than 90 days after November 29, 1999, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a temporary pilot program under which milk producers and cooperatives are authorized to voluntarily enter into forward price contracts with milk handlers.
(b) Minimum milk price requirementsPayments made by milk handlers to milk producers and cooperatives, and prices received by milk producers and cooperatives, under the forward contracts shall be deemed to satisfy—
(1) all regulated minimum milk price requirements of paragraphs (B) and (F) of subsection (5) of section 608c of this title; and
(2) the requirement of paragraph (C) of such subsection regarding total payments by each handler.
(c) Milk covered by pilot program (1) Covered milkThe pilot program shall apply only with respect to the marketing of federally regulated milk that—
(A) is not classified as Class I milk or otherwise intended for fluid use; and
(B) is in the current of interstate or foreign commerce or directly burdens, obstructs, or affects interstate or foreign commerce in federally regulated milk.
(2) Relation to Class I milkTo assist milk handlers in complying with the limitation in paragraph (1)(A) without having to segregate or otherwise individually track the source and disposition of milk, a milk handler may allocate milk receipts from producers, cooperatives, and other sources that are not subject to a forward contract to satisfy the handler's obligations with regard to Class I milk usage.
(d) DurationThe authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the pilot program shall terminate on December 31, 2004. No forward price contract entered into under the program may extend beyond that date.
(e) Study and report on effect of pilot program (1) StudyThe Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study on forward contracting between milk producers and cooperatives and milk handlers to determine the impact on milk prices paid to producers in the United States. To obtain information for the study, the Secretary may use the authorities available to the Secretary under section 608d of this title, subject to the confidentiality requirements of subsection (2) of such section.
(2) ReportNot later than April 30, 2002, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, §23, as added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(8) [§3], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–519.)
CODIFICATIONAnother section 23 of act May 12, 1933 amended former section 781 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
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