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 12 2 STA T .9 9 8PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 34—M A Y 22, 2008 SEC.1508 . R E PO R T O ND EP A RT M ENT O F A G R I C UL TURE REPORTING PROCEDURES FOR NONFAT DR Y MIL K . Notla t er t h a n90d a ys a f ter the date of ena c t m ent of th i s A ct , the S ecretary shall s ub mit to the C ommittee on A g riculture of the H ouse of R e p resentati v es and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and F orestry of the Senate a report regarding D epart - ment of Agriculture reporting procedures for nonfat dry mil k and the impact of the procedures on Federal milk marketing order minimum prices during the period beginning on J uly 1, 2 00 6 , and ending on the date of enactment of this Act . SEC. 150 9 . FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDER RE V IE W COMMISSION. ( a )ESTABLI S HMEN T. — Sub j ect to the availability of appropria- tions to carry out this section, the Secretary shall establish a commission to be kno w nasthe ‘ ‘Federal M ilk Marketing O rder Review Commission ’ ’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘commis- sion’’), which shall conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of— (1) the Federal milk marketing order system in effect on the date of establishment of the commission and (2) non-Federal milk marketing order systems. (b) ELEMENTS OF RE V IE W AN D EVAL U ATION.—As part of the review and evaluation under subsection (a), the commission shall consider legislative and regulatory options for— (1) ensuring that the competitiveness of dairy products with other competing products in the marketplace is preserved and enhanced; (2) enhancing the competitiveness of American dairy pro- ducers in world markets; ( 3 ) ensuring the competitiveness and transparency in dairy pricing; ( 4 ) streamlining and e x pediting the process by which amendments to Federal milk market orders are adopted; ( 5 ) simplifying the Federal milk marketing order system; (6) evaluating whether the Federal milk marketing order system serves the interests of dairy producers, consumers, and dairy processors; and ( 7 ) evaluating the nutritional composition of milk, including the potential benefits and costs of adjusting the milk content standards. (c) MEMBE R SHI P .— (1) COMPOSITION.— T he commission shall consist of 14 mem- bers. (2) MEMBERS.—As soon as practicable after the date on which funds are first made available to carry out this section, the Secretary shall appoint members to the commission according to the following re q uirements

(A) At least 1 member shall represent a national con- sumer organi z ation. ( B ) At least 4 members shall represent land-grant universities or N LG CA I nstitutions (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching P olicy Act of 1977 (7 U .S.C. 3103)) with accredited dairy economic programs, with at least 2 of those members being experts in the field of economics. (C) At least 1 member shall represent the food and beverage retail sector.

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