S.1827: A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears.

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Bill Cosponsors

3 (3 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Bill Summary

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to eliminate pear marketing order requirements that: (1) processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order; and (2) processor and producer agency representation be equal respecting a marketing order for canned or frozen pears.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov. 5, 2003

Introduced in the Senate by Gordon Harold Smith (R-Ore.)

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