A bill to enable producers of fresh mushrooms to develop, finance, and carry out a nationally coordinated program for fresh mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information, and for other purposes.
Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an order (subject to producer and importer referendum) creating a fresh mushroom (domestic and imported) promotion, research, and consumer education program.
Requires any such order to provide for the establishment of a Mushroom Council.
Funds such program through producer, handler, and importer assessments.
Authorizes appropriations.
Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing.
Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing. Hearings held.
Committee on Agriculture received executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Committee on Agriculture. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1729 ordered to be reported.
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