HR 2837 · 102th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Milk Inventory Management Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-07-09· Sponsored by Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 150.(1991-10-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Milk Inventory Management Act of 1991 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set milk price support levels at: (1) $10.10 per hundredweight for 1991; (2) $12.60 per hundredweight for 1992 and 1993; (3) $12.10 per hundredweight for 1994; and (4) $11.60 per hundredweight for 1995. Establishes manufacturing allowances for milk manufactured into: (1) butter and nonfat dry milk; and (2) cheese. Reduces support prices, including imposing a two-tiered pricing program, if estimated Commodity Credit Corportation (CCC) milk purchases exceed specified levels. Establishes: (1) a National Dairy Inventory Management Board; and (2) a milk inventory management program to handle excess inventory if estimated annual CCC milk prices exceed a specified level. Authorizes the Board to develop a dairy heifer export program. Limits CCC purchases of excess milk inventory, with specified exceptions. Prohibits price supports in a State which supports milk in excess of Federal levels. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to establish marketing order milk solid percentages for whole, lowfat, and skim milk. Amends the Packers…

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