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 PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

99 STAT. 1375

(3) The Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. (4) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. Each such Member of Congress shall make not fewer than eighteen such nominations for appointment to the Commission, but not more than two such nominations for any particular vacancy on the Commission. The Secretary shall appoint not fewer than three individuals from among the nominations submitted by each such Member of Congress. Each member of the Commission shall represent a milk-producing region of the United States. A region may be made up of more than one State and may be represented by more than one member of the Commission. In making such appointments, the Secretary shall take into account, to the extent practicable, the geographical distribution of milk production volume throughout the United States. In determining geographical representation, whole States shall be considered as a unit. (c) A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. (d) The Commission shall elect a chairman from among the members of the Commission. (e) The Commission shall meet at the call of the chairman or a majority of the members of the Commission. aO STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS SEC.

143. (a) The National Commission on Dairy Policy shall

study(1) the current Federal price support program for milk; (2) alternatives to such program; (3) the future functioning of such program; (4) new technologies that will become a part of the milk production industry before the end of this century; (5) the effect that developing technologies will have on surplus milk production; and (6) the future structure of the milk production industry. In conducting such study, the Commission shall consider, among other things, how effective the current Federal price support program for milk will be in preventing significant surpluses of dairy products in the future, how well such program will respond to the challenges to the family farm structure of the milk production industry created by developing technologies, and whether or not a better response to those challenges could be achieved through modifications or revisions of current Federal policy. (b) On the basis of its study, the Commission shall make findings and develop recommendations for consideration by the Secretary of Agriculture and Congress with respect to the future operation of the Federal price support program for milk. (c) The Commission shall submit to the Secretary of Agriculture and Congress, not later than March 31, 1987, a report containing the results of its study and recommendations based on such results.

Science and technology. 7 USC 1446 note.

Report.

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 144. (a) The heads of executive agencies, the General Accounting Office, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Congressional Budget Office, to the extent permitted by law, shall

7 USC 1446 "o^e.

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