119th Congress
H.R. 295
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Nicholas A. Langworthy(R-NY)
- Introduced
- Jan 9, 2025
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (17)
Original cosponsors (8)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY)
Added later (9)
- James R. Baird (R-IN) · Jan 14, 2025
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA) · Jan 15, 2025
- Josh Riley (D-NY) · Jan 31, 2025
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · Feb 4, 2025
- Josh Harder (D-CA) · Feb 4, 2025
- Tony Wied (R-WI) · Apr 17, 2025
- Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY) · Jun 5, 2025
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) · Jun 26, 2025
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Oct 3, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act
This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.
As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 14, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. - Feb 14, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. - Jan 9, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. - Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in House