HR 12271 · 95th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Dairy Herd Reduction Act

Introduced 1978-04-20· Sponsored by Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.(1978-04-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Dairy Herd Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and the Commodity Credit Corporation, to make incentive payments to any qualified dairyman of 15 cents per pound with respect to: (1) any dairy cow which such person markets and delivers for slaughter; and (2) any bred dairy heifer or dairy cow exported. Limits the number of animals for which such payments may be made to those in excess of 12 percent but not more than 25 percent of the average number of dairy cows which the dairyman owns on April 1, 1978.…

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