Save Our Dairy Farmers Act of 2009

Save Our Dairy Farmers Act of 2009 - Establishes the temporary minimum price for Class II and Class III milk under federal milk marketing orders as: (1) $17.23 per hundredweight for Class II milk; and (2) $16.81 per hundredweight for Class III milk.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress regarding dairy price stabilization options.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3935 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3935

To establish a temporary minimum price for Class II and Class III milk 
      under Federal milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2009

Mr. LaTourette introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a temporary minimum price for Class II and Class III milk 
      under Federal milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Dairy Farmers Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY MINIMUM PRICE FOR CLASS II AND CLASS III MILK UNDER 
              FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS.

    (a) Minimum Price.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of this Act, 
the minimum price for Class II milk and Class III milk under each 
Federal milk marketing order issued under section 8c(5) of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(5)), reenacted with 
amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, shall 
be as follows:
            (1) For Class II milk, $17.23 per hundredweight.
            (2) For Class III milk, $16.81 per hundredweight.
    (b) Report on Stabilization of Prices Received by Dairy 
Producers.--Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report 
providing various options (and evaluating the feasibility and likely 
success of each option) to stabilize the prices that dairy farmers 
receive for milk.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the first day of 
the first month beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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