Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1245

 PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

95 STAT. 1219

(1) striking out in subparagraph (B) of subsection 8c(5) all that 7 USC 608c part of said subparagraph (B) which follows the comma at the end of clause (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(d) a further adjustment to encours^e seasonal adjustments in the production of milk through equitable apportionment of the total value of the milk purchased by any handler, or by all handlers, among producers on the basis of their marketings of milk during a representative period of time, which need not be limited to one year, and (e) a provision providing for the accumulation and disbursement of a fund to encourage seasonal adjustments in the production of milk may be included in an order."; (2) striking out the period at the end of subsection 8c(17) and adding in lieu thereof the following: ": Provided further, That if one-third or more of the producers as defined in a milk order apply in writing for a heeuing on a proposed amendment of such order, the Secretary shall call such a hearing if the proposed amendment is one that may legally be made to such order. Subsection (12) of this section shall not be construed to permit any cooperative to act for its members in an application for a hearing under the foregoing proviso and nothing in such proviso shall be construed to preclude the Secretary from calling an amendment hearing as provided in subsection (3) of this section. The Secretary shall not be required to call a hearing on any proposed amendment to an order in response to an application for a hearing on such proposed amendment if the application requesting the hearing is received by the Secretary within ninety days after the date on which the Secretary has announced the decision on a previously proposed amendment to such order and the two proposed amendments are essentially the same."; and (3) inserting after the phrase "pure and wholesome milk" in section 8c(18) the phrase "to meet current needs and further to assure a level of farm income adequate to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs". (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall become effective January Effective date. 1, 1982, and shall terminate December 31, 1985.

7 USC 608c note.

LEGAL STATUS OF PRODUCER HANDLERS

SEC. 102. The legal status of producer handlers of milk under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, shall be the same subsequent to the adoption of the amendment made by the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 as it was prior thereto.

7 USC 608c note 7 USC 601 note.

MILK PRICE SUPPORT

SEC. 103. Section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by section 150 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, is Ante, p. 369. amended by— (1) striking out everything in subsection (c) after the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) effective for the period beginning with the date of enactment of this sentence and ending September 30, 1982, the price of milk shall be supported at such level as determined by the Secretary, but not less than $13.10 per hundredweight for milk containing 3.67 per centum milk fat; and (2) effective for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, and September 30, 1985, the price of

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