Bill 748

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    748
Primary Sponsor:                Land
Type of Legislation:            CR
Subject:                        Milk, fair price for
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   Apr 25, 1991
Computer Document Number:       NO5/7333.BD
Introduced Date:                Mar 12, 1991
Date of Last Amendment:         Apr 02, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Apr 25, 1991
Last History Type:              Received from House
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Land
                                Lourie
Type of Legislation:            Concurrent
                                Resolution

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
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 748   Senate  Apr 25, 1991  Received from House
 748   House   Apr 24, 1991  Adopted, sent to Senate
 748   House   Apr 23, 1991  Committee Report: Favorable     24
 748   House   Apr 03, 1991  Introduced, referred to         24
                             Committee
 748   Senate  Apr 02, 1991  Adopted, sent to House
 748   Senate  Apr 02, 1991  Amended
 748   Senate  Mar 28, 1991  Committee Report: Favorable     01
                             with amendment
 748   Senate  Mar 12, 1991  Introduced, referred to         01
                             Committee

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

April 2, 1991

S. 748

S. Printed 5/7/91--S.

Read the first time March 12, 1991.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO MEMORIALIZE CONGRESS AND THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO ACT TO ASSIST DAIRY FARMERS IN OBTAINING A FAIR PRICE FOR THEIR MILK AND IN PREVENTING UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS TO THE FARMERS.

Amend Title To Conform

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly are concerned about the plight of South Carolina dairy farmers; and

Whereas, the General Assembly desires to encourage sound economic development through the state's dairy industry; and

Whereas, dairy farmers have been facing cuts in the prices they receive for their milk due primarily to a drop in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Base approved formula price for Class I milk under federal milk-marketing orders; and

Whereas, Section 103(c)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 requires the Secretary of Agriculture to review the formula price mechanism, referred to as the Minnesota-Wisconsin price series, and assess its viability in a report to Congress; and

Whereas, New York Congressman Walsh introduced H.R. 1494 which creates a national super-pooling of the milk price for all Grade A producers of milk which would generate a $1.25 increase per hundred weight in the price paid to dairy farmers; and

Whereas, additional emergency assistance may be necessary to enable financially strapped dairy farmers to stay in business. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly memorialize Congress and the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture to act by enacting H.R. 1494, investigating the availability of emergency funds for financially strapped dairy farmers, and endeavoring to provide available funding.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the members of the South Carolina Congressional delegation, Congressman E. de La Garza, Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, and Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.