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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX H 113 STAT. 1501A-517 APPENDIX H—H.R. 3428 SECTION 1. USE OF OPTION lA AS PRICE STRUCTURE FOR CLASS I MILK UNDER CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL MILK MAR- KETING ORDERS. (a) FINAL RULE DEFINED.— In this section, the term "final rule" means the final rule for the consolidation and. reform of Federal milk marketing orders that was published in the Federal Register on September 1, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 47897-48021), to comply with section 143 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7253). (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF FINAL RULE FOR MILK ORDER REFORM. —Subject to subsection (c), the final rule shall take efifect, and be implemented by the Secretary of Agriculture, on the first day of the first month beginning at least 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) USE OF OPTION 1A FOR PRICING CLASS I MILK. —In lieu of the Class I price differentials specified in the final rule, the Secretary of Agriculture shall price fluid or Class I milk under the Federal milk marketing orders using the Class I price differentials identified as Option lA "Location-Specific Differentials Analysis" in the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 30, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 4802, 4809), except that the Secretary shall include the corrections and modifications to such Class I differentials made by the Secretary through April 2, 1999. (d) EFFECT OF PRIOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF MINIMUM PRICES.— If the Secretary of Agriculture announces minimum prices for milk under Federal milk marketing orders pursuant to section 1000.50 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, before the effective date specified in subsection (b), the minimum prices so announced before that date shall be the only applicable minimum prices under Federal milk marketing orders for the month or months for which the prices have been announced. (e) IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENT. — ^irhe implementation of the final rule, as modified by subsection (c), shall not be subject to any of the following: (1) The notice and hearing requirements of section 8c(3) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(3)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, or the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (2) A referendum conducted by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to subsections (17) or (19) of section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

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