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 PUBLIC Li^W 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 917 that period until the consolidation is completed. The Secretary may not reduce the level of services provided under the section on account of the prohibition against assessments, but shall rather cover the cost of marketing order administration and services through funds available for the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department. (d) REPORT REGARDING FURTHER REFORMS.— (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 1997, the . Secretary shall submit to Congress a report— (A) reviewing the Federal milk marketing order system established pursuant to section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amend- ,; ments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, in light of the reforms required by subsection (a); (B) describing the efforts underway and the progress made in implementing the reforms required by subsection (a); and (C) containing such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate for further improvements and reforms to the Federal milk marketing order system. (2) EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.— Any limitation imposed by Act of Congress on the conduct or completion of reports to Congress shall not apply to the report required under this section, unless the limitation specifically refers to this section. SEC. 144. EFFECT ON FLUID MILK STANDARDS IN STATE OF CALIFOR- 7 USC 7254. NIA. Nothing in this Act or any other provision of law shall be construed to preempt, prohibit, or otherwise limit the authority of the State of California, directly or indirectly, to establish or continue to effect any law, regulation, or requirement regarding— (1) the percentage of milk solids or solids not fat in fluid milk products sold at retail or marketed in the State of California; or (2) the labeling of such fluid milk products with regard to milk solids or solids not fat. SEC. 145. MILK MANUFACTURING MARKETING ADJUSTMENT. 7 USC 7255. (a) MAXIMUM ALLOWANCES ESTABLISHED.—No State shall provide for a manufacturing allowance for the processing of milk in excess of— (1) $1.65 per hundredweight of milk for milk manufactured into butter and nonfat dry milk; and (2) $1.80 per hundredweight of milk for milk manufactured into cheese. (b) MANUFACTURING ALLOWANCE DEFINED.— In this section, the term "manufacturing allowance" means— (1) the amount by which the product price value of butter and nonfat dry milk manufactured from a hundred pounds of milk containing 3.5 pounds of butterfat and 8.7 pounds of milk solids not fat resulting from a State's yield and product price formulas exceeds the class price for the milk used to produce those products; or (2) the amount by which the product price value of cheese manufactured from a hundred pounds of milk containing 3.5 pounds of butterfat and 8.7 pounds of milk solids not fat resulting from a State's yield and product price formulas exceeds the class price for the milk used to produce cheese.

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